Notice that the pound of sugar is an asset… no matter who holds it. On the other hand, the IOU is an asset while it […]

Suppose you decide to trade your IOU to Jane for the pound of sugar, rather than handing it back to me… if Jane agrees, you […]

Now suppose management of ‘A’ and ‘B’ decide to merge the two companies; ‘A’ and ‘B’ merge to become Company ‘Z’. So what happens? Well, […]

Everyone makes mistakes when investing. We learn from our mistakes from the moment we are born. By recognizing when we make investment mistakes and making […]

Hindsight is a wonderful tool, I knew. We can always say that as Monday morning quarterbacks, we would have made the right choice. It’s easy […]

In a 1987 experiment conducted by Koichi Ono, participants were asked to respond to a signal light with points. They weren’t told to do anything […]

Although the straightforward fact of investing is that there is risk, wouldn’t it be wonderful to have great investing success without any risk? However, this […]

Keep an Investment Diary Keeping track of your investments can help you learn about the strategies that work best for you and provide insight into […]

Have you ever heard of a case in which two real estate investors simultaneously purchased identical properties on the same street? With a good tenant, […]

This strategy is utilized by a number of socially responsible mutual funds that have emerged. They use a social screening method, create a big basket […]