Investing in what’s “popular” is a deeply flawed, losing strategy — The revolution will not be monetized. Bloomberg recently reported that day traders in the “meme-stock” craze of 2021 have lost all of their gains from the ludicrous run-up in value of GameStop and other meme stocks. This story deserves more attention than anything else that is happening in the financial…

You don’t have an employer; you have a client. — Having a good job can trick you into thinking small. We spend so much time working at, traveling to, and thinking about our jobs that it becomes easy to conflate our career with our job. Many people believe they owe their career — and by extension of what their career…

We’ve been waiting for this moment our entire adult lives. Here’s how you can take advantage — Bashing Millenials and blaming their money problems on avocado toast has always been stupid. You can only play the cards you’ve been dealt, and they’ve been dealt some pretty bad financial cards: Graduating college with crippling debt. Starting their career in the worst job market since the great depression.

Here’s how you can get serious about financial planning and leave oversimplified rules of thumb behind — As the great Mike Tyson once said; Everyone has a plan until you need to start withdrawing from your portfolio without a paycheck. Of course, that is not the actual quote, but Tyson’s point applies to a very important financial reality we all have to deal with: Creating a financial…

Hint: Continue doing the things you should be doing already — The financial media feasts on doom and gloom. Anytime there’s volatility in the stock market or weak economic data is released, your social media feed gets flooded with headlines with the following two-step template: Insert warning about an impending recession. Click here for the answer on how to protect your…

When the stock market goes up, local businesses win — Capitalism rocks and creates win-win situations for everyone. Sadly, expressing that reality has become a controversial statement. Capitalism has many flaws, but the benefits far outweigh its flaws. Most opinion pieces about the economy focus exclusively on the flaws. It’s more profitable to make readers mad than it is to…

Simplifying money and lasering in on the one variable that really matters — Here’s how you know you are destined for financial success: Every year you become less obsessed with working. The more wealth you build, the less you need to “grind” to feel like you’re getting ahead. If you’re still living paycheck to paycheck, you have no choice but to constantly worry…