What is the real interest rate? What does it mean? What were market returns like when real rates were positive, negative?

The real interest rate is an essential concept in finance that measures the inflation-adjusted return on an investment. It is the nominal interest rate minus the rate of inflation. For example, if…


Stock Trading Tips for Beginners

One of the best ways to grow wealth long-term is to start investing as early as possible. There are many ways to invest your money, one of which is stock trading. Many young professionals get into…


Stock

Can Tech Stocks Keep Going Up?

The pandemic taught us a lot about the vulnerability of our world. It reminded us that our reality is more fragile than we think and that things can change without warning. However, it also gave us…


Rule #1 Don't Lose Money Rule #2 Don't Forget Rule #1

This may be the most famous of all of the famous Buffett aphorisms. With his dry sense of humor, Buffett Says Rule #1 Don't Lose Money, then he quips, Rule #1 Don't forget rule #1.  One of the things…


Sleep at Night

You have to be Able to Sleep at Night

It almost goes without saying that emotional behavior leads to irrational and impulsive decisions that HURT your investment results.  Just look at the Magellan Fund that Peter Lynch ran at Fidelity.…