Let’s do ‘Dividends 101’ first, just in case there are some who are wondering ‘what exactly are dividends?’ A dividend is a distribution of real money that is made by a company to the owners of shares Continue Reading
A Simple Exercise to Keep Stock Market News Articles in Perspective
When I was recently skimming a number of articles about companies on the stock market that we were evaluating, I happened on one about the company that my husband works for. I knew that he had enough Continue Reading
How to Become Financially Independent: The Do It Yourself Approach
I suppose I was born with an active Do It Yourself (DIY) gene. Somehow the urge to innovate and do things for myself has always been a significant motivator for me. Being thus motivated, my habitual Continue Reading
How to Start Finding Companies on the Stock Market
To really start investing in the stock market you have to do two things: 1) you need to find good companies, and 2) you need to know how to find their ticker symbols. Both of these things can seem Continue Reading
What Would You Use For Money ?
I remember reading stories of people being upset that Europeans paid Native American Indians in 'beads' and such for things that were 'worth' much more. However, the Indians were generally satisfied Continue Reading
How to Get On the Path to Financial Freedom
In our culture we are presented with many prerogatives and choices (‘freedoms’, if you will). In this discussion I’d like to focus on the ‘financial freedom(s)’ subset of this. Unfortunately ‘freedom’ Continue Reading
Helpless Female Learns Interesting Tidbits About Writing a Legal Will and Power of Attorney Documents
I always knew everyone was "advised" to have a will. However, just thinking about it felt like stepping into a quagmire in the middle of a legal jungle. I would be sinking in the muck of trying to Continue Reading
Snapshot Stock Market Evaluation for the Inexperienced and Timid
I am a kitchen table investor. And you know there are a lot of other things going on at the kitchen table, too. I am responsible for most of them. Life swirls with the kitchen table as it's focal Continue Reading
One Mother’s Journey in Discovering Economics: Finance Accounting with the 36 Hour McGraw-Hill Course Book
After accidentally becoming exposed to the true nature of economics a few years ago, I determined to teach my children about this oft neglected subject. We began with Thomas Sowell's book Basic Continue Reading
The Destructive American Tradition of Fundraising
Where did this preoccupation with fundraising get started? It's not that I have any problem with giving or sharing. But the barrage of people asking for donations is astounding. When did it become Continue Reading
