Basic Finance Bootcamp Lesson 4: Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, and STRIPS

This is lesson 4 in my basic finance bootcamp series. I hope you are not getting bored to death. Again, think of this as the foundation for many of the more exciting, exotic topics we discuss in the futre. In the last lesson, we talked about bonds. Bonds can be issued by private companies but […]

Basic Finance Bootcamp Lesson #3: Introduction to Notes and Bonds

We were going to talk about preferred stocks today but I wanted to fix up the post a little so it would be more clear. So, instead, today we will skip ahead to an introduction to notes and bonds. An Introduction to Notes and Bonds In addition to issuing common or preferred equity to raise […]

Basic Finance Bootcamp Lesson #2: Introduction to the Stock Market

              Today we continue with our basic finance bootcamp. Remember that the purpose of this boot camp is to get everyone caught up to speed on basic financial terminology, etc.so we all speak the same language for our more sophisticated posts/discussions. If I miss something you would like to […]

Basic Financial Education Bootcamp Lesson #1: What’s Your Financial Plan?

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be posting a series of articles intended to get everyone caught up on basic financial education. I know from personal experience that highly intelligent individuals with highly specialized skills can know pretty much nothing when it comes to money. Doctors, lawyers, dentists…pretty much anyone who goes to […]

Passive Income

Much of what I write about in this web log will relate to a concept that I believe is critically important for everyone looking for financial security, to consider…MULTIPLE STREAMS OF INCOME. Specifically, I am talking about PASSIVE INCOME. Passive income is income that is generated even when you are sleeping. Passive income is income […]

Cash Flow, ROI, and Cash on Cash

This post is part of a series of basic educational posts. Most of this blog is about higher level business and investment activity. However, in order to understand those posts, you need to make sure you understand the language. Most of you will probably already know what I’m talking about but we need to make […]

The Concept of Scalability

To some the idea of scalability is not a new concept…particularly for those with a background in business. However, to other professionals, this might be a foreign concept so it’s important to talk about it in the context of entrepreneurship and even in investing. If a business is considered “scalable”, it is something that has […]