The Theater is (Maybe) Burning Phil Town, a value investor and author of numerous investing books made an analogy that has since stuck with me: Imagine a movie theater packed full of happy, distracted people. One person in the back of the theater smells a fire. Though he is alarmed, he doesn’t scream “Fire!” and… Read more

Resolutions Are For Dummies I just recently tried the whole, “New Years Resolution” thing. To clarify, I’m not really one to embark on self improvement unnecessarily, so trying to better myself just because a bunch of capitalist conglomerate spoofs centered their marketing campaigns on “new year, new me” was a big leap in my book.… Read more

The Dream vs. Reality I naturally spend a lot of time daydreaming. It’s fun to think about what my life could be, or has been, or may become. Like, what if I decided to sell everything I own, buy a van, and live in the mountains? Or, what if I moved to New York, got… Read more

For anyone looking to explore the whims and magical lands of the Stock Market, here are some of the books that initially helped me the most in lighting the path toward castles, moats, and a compounded rate of return. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of… Read more

Early one morning, I sat with my knees pulled to my chest, still in my pajamas’s, staring begrudgingly at my computer screen in the hopes of finishing another 10K before work. I was on my second cup of coffee, though I don’t think any amount of caffeine could have kept my mind focused on the… Read more

Time to learn about THE STOCK MARKET! Dah dah dahhh! After much deliberation and strategic procrastination, I came to the conclusion that there were no other options than to start investing. Frankly, I didn’t have the capital to start my own business or invest in something else, and I didn’t want to get some silly… Read more

Starting From Scratch with No Knowledge, No Skills, & No Ideas Okay, so I wanted to start making money passively. I also wanted to make enough money that I could live comfortably if ever I was out of work or in need of a vacation. I was pretty sure I could make a passive income… Read more

Three summers ago, if you asked me the difference between an index fund and a treasury bond, I probably would have shrugged my shoulders in blissful ignorance. I was younger and dumber, what can I say? I was also too busy grinding my days away on film sets to care about anything aside from getting… Read more