And I don’t mean sharing ice cream and I don’t mean little sisters…..I mean family budgets…… “Budgeting”, “tracking expenses”, “generally trying to figure out where the money goes”, whatever you want to call it…….everybody feels it should be important but it perpetually rides the to do list. Or else budgeting for some reason suddenly becomes relevant or […]
“Character and personal finance are the only investments worth anything” – Walt Whitman “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” – Hugh Downs We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering […]
“In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, and financial literacy for kids plus a look at […]
I remember a series of Tim Horton’s TV ads about welcoming people to Canada which tried to portray Canadians as, yes, polite, but with a certain unshakable pride, one of them saying something like “If you throw the first punch, we will drop the gloves. Oh yeah.” We’re nice but by no means push-overs. I’m not sure […]
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Von Goethe “Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, […]
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, financial literacy for kids and caveman living plus a look at what we were up to this time last year. Perspective […]
“The investor’s chief problem, and even his worst enemy, is likely to be himself.” – Benjamin Graham, 1949, The Intelligent Investor We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -Carlos Castaneda “Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Are you a dog or a cat?” – Unknown We […]
Investment success requires patience and discipline. It requires a long time horizon. It requires a well thought out strategy executed methodically and dispassionately. It should feel boring. Slow and steady. Too often people get distracted from staying the course. Catchy headlines, persuasive forecasters, clever marketing from fund management companies, anecdotal evidence of investment success from friends and colleagues […]
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -Truman Capote When things aren’t adding up in your life, start subtracting. We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, financial literacy for kids and caveman living plus a look at what we were up […]
What would you do with an extra $250,000? Would you choose to travel to a new exotic location every year for 20 years? Would you buy a vacation property? Would you buy ski passes for the family for life? Would you give your kids a leg up by giving them a generous down-payment […]