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Want to become a savvy investor? Consider cracking open one or more of these investment classics. Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham Common Stocks And Uncommon Profits by … Continue reading
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This post kicks off a new section of this blog, investing. Investing in and of itself is a monster topic. It’s the sole subject of thousands if not millions of books, newspapers, magazines and blogs. So I broach it with … Continue reading
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It seems to me that serious attention to financial literacy and the means to educate people about it has grown geometrically in just the last several years. I think its worth exploring why that may be so? Let me first … Continue reading
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10 years or so ago I was fortunate to rediscover de Tocqueville. I say rediscover because while I may have read bits of his two-volume Democracy in America I certainly didn’t read it in its entirety. In any case I’ve … Continue reading
Google’s a great example of creativity on steroids. Brin and Page grad students at Stanford had a better idea for a search engine. The Stanford users seemed to love it and the buzz was awesome. In any case they approached … Continue reading
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In Basic Financial Literacy – Part 2 – Creativity I said “The knowledge that things are scarce doesn’t translate into docile acceptance nor the extinguishment of wants or desire. Rather it nourishes the will to survive, to create, to overcome … Continue reading
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ResponsibiliTy This post discusses the last of the 4Ts, responsibiliTy and so concludes the 10 basics of financial literacy (see index page). To recap the other Ts are scarciTy, creativiTy and realiTy. The Roman philosopher Cicero best summed it up … Continue reading
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My posts to date have dealt primarily with developing a basic knowledge of personal finance through the curve metaphor. In this post I’m going to discuss several background issues for those whose flow is well above the curve and is … Continue reading
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Philanthropy The American Heritage Dictionary defines philanthropy as the effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind as by charitable aid or donations. You may ask what does philanthropy have to do with financial literacy? There’s several answers that … Continue reading
Getting to know The Curve and Flow There’s lot’s of numbers in personal financial planning, so it can get overwhelming fast. To keep the “overwhelmed factor” in its cage I hooked up with my good buddy and ad man extraordinaire … Continue reading
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