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For my first foray into purchasing Bitcoin I decided to go with Coinbase. Coinbase is a Bitcoin wallet that also provides Bitcoin trading services...
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Drawn in Paris and dated November 20, 1869, Charles Joseph Minard’s Figurative Map of the Successive Losses in Men of the French Army in the...
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This is a topic that’s been covered by every financial blog, podcast, book, or show, but we’ve got to cover it here as part of the basics because...
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I wrote about Bitcoin previously. You can see my original article here. I have learned more about Bitcoin and more about investing, and I have been...
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The common financial rule of thumb says that you should have 3 to 6 months of living expenses in your emergency fund. But what does "living...
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What is investing? You know the word, but do you really know what it means? Are you investing or are you speculating? Knowing what investing really...
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In The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene takes the reader on a spectacular journey throughout history, stopping at a plethora of interesting...
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Here are the notes I took from a lecture on presentation fundamentals during my first year in grad school. The lecture was given by a professor who...
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We all know (or should know) that having an emergency fund is crucial to successful financial planning. Having a rainy day fund is one of the first...
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Many people think that saving money and investing it is hard. They feel that saving is on the opposite spectrum of fun and involves scrimping,...
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The Law of Demand can be represented by the following graph - a downward sloping line with Price (P) and Quantity (Q) on the axes. The Law of...
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Have you heard the saying "More isn't always better" before? That's not true according to economists. An underlying assumption in economics is that,...
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We all know (or should know) that buying a lottery ticket is truly a waste of money in the formal sense of the concept. Your chances of winning are...
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The United States Men's National Soccer Team allows modern Americans to feel something very unusual yet something I find very profound and useful: We...
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Sequential stock screening involves reducing the universe of stocks to a manageable size. For example, sequential stock screening might involve...
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Ever since I took my first economics course as a freshman in college, I fell in love with the field. As I continued my studies, both in the classroom...
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I rarely read fiction books and I'm not quite sure why. It might be because I feel that I have a lot to learn and that I shouldn't spend time reading...
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I learned about this video while I was an undergraduate pursuing my degree in economics. Learning economics and being a genuine economics nerd, I...
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The Richest Man in Babylon, written by George S. Clason is an interesting, relatively brief, and useful read that will educate those new to money...
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Although opinions vary, it is not considered best practice to include your LinkedIn information on a professional resume. I was told by the...
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You've probably heard about the GDP in the news in general and in financial new specifically, especially during the economic turmoil of the past...
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The conventional wisdom is that diversification is an integral part of successful investing. Although the idea of diversification has been around for...
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