Markus Persson is a person who built or was president of a thing called Minecraft. Until reading articles about Mr. Persson, I had never heard about Minecraft but it is apparently an incredibly popular building video game where you can create different kinds of things out of 3D cubes. Think of Legos but on the computer. […]
What an exciting week for the Dow Jones Industrial Average! If you hung in there, then a big congratulations for being a forward-thinking investor! If not, then there’s plenty of things to learn from this past week to be able to secure your investments even in turbulent times. First off, let’s just say that Monday and […]
Let many of you, I spent the last few days biting my nails as the Shanghai Composite Index sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average into an economy tailspin. How low can we go? Were we doomed to see numbers like the ones we saw back in 2008? Now that things seem to be settling out […]
Looks like a good week for the DJIA! lol. just kidding. So what happened? It may surprise you to learn that a lot of financial markets in the United States are also affected by markets in other countries. In this case, China’s economic down spiral has been making many investors nervous. Last week, China said […]
They say you have to spend money to make money. While this is technically true, every time you spend money does not guarantee that you will garner a return. It’s important to invest smart without making rash decisions based on hype. But of course to always be ready for what opportunity comes screaming by. You […]
Fresh off the news and the ink hasn’t even dried yet, Google has announced to the world that it is founding a new parent company named “Alphabet,” of which Google will be managed under. So says Larry Page: As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a […]
On Thursday night, I joined millions of Americans (the biggest audience ever of its kind) to tune into the first Republican primary debate for the 2016 election for President of the United States. And I was mildly disappointed. With the exception of a couple, I don’t have any real problem with the candidates, themselves. But you […]
We love the image of it. The piggy bank. The jar of coins. The shoebox under the bed. It’s our rainy day fund. Our vacation budget. Our retirement plan. But these things that seem like harmless acts are actually getting in the way of actual fiscal responsibility. People who have these kinds of jars and […]
While driving home from work last Thursday, I saw a couple of young entrepreneurs selling lemonade. Since it’s been in the 90s here in Lubbock lately, I applauded them for their ability to apply simple supply-and-demand economics even at their age. As other customers drove up and looked satisfied with their purchases, I couldn’t help […]