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Bitcoins Breathtaking Rise
At the time of this writing, Bitcoin has taken the #5 trending spot on Twitter and is edging $33,000 in price. Everyone and their crazy uncle are talking about it, and how they have made money off of it. Why do I bring up what is trending? This shouldn’t be the foundation for discussing an…
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My Best Stocks and Crypto Investments in 2020
When investing it is of the highest importance to look at trends and determine how things are likely to pan out. In this article I will not get political, rather I will discuss things as a matter of fact from a policy perspective. Generally speaking, Trump’s policies favor corporations with the 21% tax rate instead…
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Equity Crowdfunding – A New Way to Invest
I am confident many people have watched the show Shark Tank where a couple of individuals go into a room and pitch their business idea to several angel investors. I find it so fascinating that through a fifteen to thirty-minute pitch, business owners can bring an entirely new set of lifeblood and capital into the…
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Biases by Getting Burned in the Market
In today’s day and age, it is all too common to not look at things through an objective lens. Whether there is something in the news, a personal experience, or a statement that a friend makes, sometimes this information comes to us and we look at it as if it is a statement of fact.…
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Handling Windfalls of Money
From an early age, I have always wondered how much money one is given from the start of ones life may negatively impact an individuals work ethic and ability to strive for further opportunities. Many of us know people who were given large trust funds, or large sums of money, and through the years their…
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Economic Downturns – Avoid the Snakes
Economic downturns affect us more than just the financial aspect. It is known that we are living in uncertain times, and when this happens it can feel paralyzing to the point of not being able to think through things thoroughly. I am not going to lie, over the past couple of months I have hit…
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Sometimes the Best Trade is no Trade
Now more than ever I know people trying to get involved in the stock market to take advantage of opportunities that didn’t exist a matter of months ago. Every day when there is massive volatility in the markets, I get texts and calls from my friends asking what the next move is, little do they…
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Downturn Protection by Sector Investing
This screen capture shows the top 11 sectors year to date from Fidelity Investments. When investing, I am sure we all have a favorite sector we lean towards. For some, it is the information technology industry where rapid gains and losses are commonplace, whereas other people enjoy more stability with a higher dividend and often…
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Staying the Path, Through a Pandemic of Uncertainty
Now more than ever, we are living in doubtful times due to things that are beyond our scope of control. Our portfolios are being stress-tested on the allocations we made when times were great. It has always been said that the bulls take the stairs, and the bears take the elevator, and this is certainly…
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The Credit Game – Scoring High
It’s very interesting to think about, how systems that we impose on ourselves can incentivize one to spend negatively. Why would we create a system that encourages one to go deeper into debt just so one could get a higher score? It’s the same thing as encouraging someone with an overeating disorder to go to…