Over the past 7 months, I have once again taken up CrossFit as my main form of working out. I enjoy that I can regularly push my body to its limits. When I started the workouts, they hurt, a lot, and my times were not very…
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Should we buy that stock we hear about on the news? Should we sell that mutual fund that has done well for us in the past? Am I going to be able to reach my goals if I do not do what Bob & Sally told me…
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In my 45 years on this earth, I have made more than my share of mistakes, financial and otherwise. If the learning style tests, I have taken over the years are to be believed I am an experiential learner. I am the person that can’t just be…
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Rich and wealthy, two words that many people use interchangeably but mean vastly different things. Being rich means you have a lot of money coming in, but it does not mean you are wealthy. Being wealthy is not only having enough money to meet your needs but being able to afford not to work…
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A question that has come up often in recent conversations is, are we in a bubble? It has often been said that asset bubbles can’t be identified except in hindsight. I don’t totally agree. I do know that bubbles can continue to inflate for months or years after…
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“Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!” — John Bogle   “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” — Ben Graham   “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars…
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“The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change.” ― Paul Arden “Can’t you give me brains?” asked the Scarecrow. “You don’t need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn’t…
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“Don’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your money and I’ll tell you what they are.” —James W. Frick    “If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.” —Benjamin Franklin I am sure many of you are…
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.    “Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion.”  —Muhammad Ali  Humans are…
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“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.”  – Paulo Coelho, ‘The Fifth Mountain’   Hardships often prepare people…
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