Blog Category: Investing

This life hack is so easy it’s trivial. I am almost embarrassed to share it because it’s so obvious. And yet so few people do it and this one technique has made me millions of dollars. That almost sounds scammy: “It’s made me millions of dollars”. What can I say about that? I was dead broke […]

What are the most useful money investment and saving tricks? I don’t know why more people don’t do this. But I can tell you how to save millions of dollars. Just two simple decisions: A) Don’t buy a house. Lets say you buy a $500,000 house. You put $150,000 down (30%). You pay another $30,000 real […]

A broker called up in the Fall of 1998 and suggested I buy a stock. I remember it. Intel. INTC. I had all my money in an account with him. I said, “ok”. A few minutes later he called me back and said, “Sell it.” I said “ok”. I made $1000. I couldn’t believe it! […]

I’ve been an employer. And I’ve been an employee. And I’ve been on the board of a staffing agency and advised dozens of other companies on hires. I’ve seen every salary negotiation possible. 99.9% of hires make mistakes in the salary negotiations. That’s perfectly fine. They have a bigger vision for their careers and they […]

It’s going to be a shitstorm and I hope I have my umbrella. Incomes are getting lower every year. This will never stop. Since 1993. Income for people ages 18-35 have gone from $36,000 to $33,000. This seems like a small amount. It’s not. It’s the first time ever that income has gone down over […]

Nothing. I almost have nothing more to say about it. I haven’t been following the news at all about the entire issue. But I know a thing or two about financial disasters. This is so far from a financial disaster it’s almost ludicrous when I looked at the headlines (although I avoided reading the articles) this […]

First, let me tell you how you win a game of chess (you’ll see why)… Rule #1: Make sure all of your pieces are protected. There are exceptions to this rule but in general just make sure you aren’t leaving anything hanging, that is, in such a way that the opponent can take it without […]