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Help! I Don’t Know What to Think About Taxes!
Question: I don’t know what to think about taxes. Our country seems in serious debt. The rich are getting much richer while more of us face what we now call “food insecurity.” I’m not worried about hunger, but I’ve got kids and college bills and retirement. I’m not thriving.
It's Complicated
“The market will not go up unless it goes up, nor will it go down unless it goes down, and it will stay the same unless it does either.” – Adam Smith
How Do I Fund My Big Dream?
Question: I’m thinking about raising $50,000 for a movie. It’s a huge life dream for me, and I never thought it was even possible. Maybe it really isn’t, but with crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, maybe it is.
Principles + Optimism + Commitment
The young monk carefully pulled each young sprout out of the earth, just a bit, to try to help them grow just a bit faster...or so the story goes that has been used for years by Buddhist monks to teach their students the importance of patience and having faith in nature.
The Practice of Making Good Decisions
I just got back from a six-block walk to pick up a quinoa and avocado salad for lunch, and I found your question sitting in my inbox. My job does not seem stressful to me. I just make lots of (hopefully) good decisions. Before lunch, I entered an order to buy well over a million dollars’ worth of shares in a company with operations in Namibia, Philippines, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Mali.
His Name Was Flemming
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.
Poem by Edgar A. Guest
Can't, a poem by Edgar A. Guest.
Poem by Jon Davis
Preliminary Report from the Committee on Appropriate Postures for the Suffering, a poem by Jon Davis.
Margin of Safety
Comparative analysis, realistic analysis and accurate thinking are attributes of investing that are not often discussed. We are wired to oversimplify and be “lazy-brained,” and nowhere is the concept of the lazy way to riches more prevalent than on Wall Street.
Making it Through the Territory - Why FIM
“I just want to make it through the territory,” a FIM Group client told me back in March 2009. “It’s that simple.” The client had been with us for over 12 years, having hired us while he was still employed, and he is now several years into his retirement.