Should you pay off your home early?
Home ownership is one of the cornerstones of achieving the American dream. Purchasing a home gives individuals and families to accumulate wealth through equity and...
The Two Strategies Of Attacking Debt
Trying to achieve financial success without paying off debt first is like trying to finish a marathon with a ball and chain. Becoming debt free...
Wall Street Vs. Main Street
The last few days have been a feeding frenzy in the stock market. A war of sorts between Wall St. and Main St. To understand...
Investing Lessons I learned from Playing Poker
A few of my close friends and family know that at the height of the great recession, I played poker professionally for a small period...
Step 2 – Investing Basics
I define Investing as the process of converting cash into cash flows. If you are new to investing, look for investments that will create cash...
‘The Big Short’ – A Story of Self Serving Interests
Wall St. money managers have shown us time and time again that they are as self serving as they come. We owe it to ourselves...
Delayed Gratification – The Quintessential quality of the wealthy
“The best thing money can buy is peace of mind, and the way to buy it is to just pay yourself” There are approximately 19...
Near term financial strategies in a Covid-19 World
To say that COVID-19 has affected our lives and our economy materially would be a massive understatement. It will take the world a few years...
Creating a Personal Budget
Nothing can be accomplished without deliberate action. Even to win a lottery, you need to go to a store and buy a ticket. Assuming that...
What is keeping you from the American Dream – Part 1 – The elephant in your driveway
If I ask a hundred people what the American Dream meant for them, the likelihood of financial success being the top criteria for most of...
The COVID Bailout and the US Economy
“The United States is the most powerful country in the world” No, the US military has nothing to do with this statement. What is it...
Theranos – When Corporate Governance Fails
I just finished reading ‘Bad Blood’ by John Carreyrou, the Pulitzer Prize winning Wall Street Journal investigative reporter. As I read through the book, I...
Rent Seeking
Have you ever wondered why medication has become so expensive? Do you wonder why cable companies so blatantly disregard their customers? This is likely due...
Was I right about Apple?
Three months ago after Apple’s last earnings report, the insanely negative market reaction forced me to voice my opinion in a post here. The market reaction...
The Trade ‘War’
Trade – The thing that everyone is opinionated about right now. If you are unwilling to put up with logic and facts, you are going...
The Apple Conundrum
Apple released its quarterly earnings after the bell Thursday. While it crushed Analyst estimates, the stock was down over 7% Friday. The worst single day...
Competitive Strategy – Video Games, Toyota, Walmart
Home Video Games, Toyota and Walmart I decided to combine these three cases into one blog post because while the messages delivered by each of...
Competitive Strategy – Uber
This was a fascinating case for two reasons. 1) Because it was so current and in the news all the time. 2) This was written...
Competitive Strategy – Google
One thing that stuck with me about the Google case was the fact that Google was the exception to the rule in terms of a...
Competitive Strategy and Microeconomics with Charles Hill
This course was probably one of the best courses I have taken in my entire life. Charles Hill is the king of the socratic method...