One of the hardest things I’ve learned while on my quest to achieving financial independence is how to avoid all the news. Everyday we are inundated by news articles stating the “facts”. Browse Facebook, LinkedIn or even look at the home screen on your Android phone and you’ll know what I mean. It’s not hard…
Stocks ended October with a thump. If you were holding Apple you ended down 9% in the month. This was never supposed to happen. Weed investors that held Canopy from $7 saw their investment hit ten fold to $74.75, only to feel the wrath of Mr. Market 14 days later when it took a 41%…
40 years ago trying to invest by yourself was almost unheard of. Buying stocks and trying to invest in companies always involved a lengthy conversation with your broker. Only the rich would do it, since employing a broker to work for you was always an expensive endeavour. Fast forward a decade later and the advent…
The stock market has rocketed off to a ridiculous start in 2018. In fact if it continued at this pace we would be looking at gains past 100% for the S&P 500. Of course, that prediction is absurd and that’s why with the latest run up we should be wary that this won’t last. The…
When it comes to investing your money it can be a daunting task. There are so many options, there are so many opinions, and there’s so much media influence in the money world that it can often become so confusing that we do nothing. Doing nothing always seems like the most logical choice because it…
Bitcoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin! That’s all I hear from anyone that is investing nowadays. Do I regret missing out on the massive crytocurrency gains in 2017? Definitely not! I’ve already mentioned how many people speculate on Bitcoin to make big bucks, but as a long term wealth building portfolio, it doesn’t match what a diversity investment…
If you’re still confused about mutual funds, ETFs and index funds then you have to read this…
