Today as I walked Rosco, I started thinking about inflation and the best ways to keep our money safe while keeping up with inflation. As much as it stinks to go to the grocery store and either pay more, or come home with fewer bags (and forget about bacon – ouch!), what really hurts is […]
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Today is turning out to be a rough day for Starbucks. And that after a pretty uninspired last few years. Time to worry? Let’s take a look. I love Starbucks (as an investment) If you’ve read my posts on building an investing thesis here, or dividend stocks here, you’re familiar with Starbucks. It is one
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Should I buy an Annuity? Good question. Annuities are complex financial products. In this post, we’ll try and explain what an annuity is, some of the variations, and why an investor may want to consider one. Insurance An annuity is an insurance product. Much of what we talk about on finance-abcs.com is related to investments
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As investors, we put our capital to work by buying securities in the expectation that they will increase in value over long periods of time. In order to assess our progress, and the wisdom of our choices, we need to measure our performance. This is easier than you may think. Read on for some suggestions
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Reflecting on some of my investments, it has occurred to me that investing success is as much about avoiding disaster as it is about picking winners. Let’s look at some examples. My Biggest Loser I have 6 companies in which I’ve invested that have dropped in value over 80%. Ouch!! Think about that. Let’s say
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Odd title for an article, but important for us as investors. We all make buy and sell decisions. Hopefully we do this infrequently and with a strong thesis, but we make decisions. We want to feel confident that we are making good decisions. After all, this is our hard-earned money at stake. I mentioned in
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This morning, CNBC Reported that Nvidia is in correction territory. Read here. Nvidia, ticker: NVDA, has been in the news quite a bit lately. It’s one of the “magnificent 7” stocks that has had a tremendous run-up. Does this mean that run is over? It’s in correction territory, do I buy more, have investors lost
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It’s easy for us to get stuck on a price for something. We get it in our head, and we never want to pay more than that price, because that is what it’s worth. With inflation running rampant, my wife has a price in her head for eggs, bacon, her favorite bottle of wine, and
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What if I make an investing mistake? In this post, we’ll talk about mistakes, how they happen and what you can do about them. Some of the younger folks in my personal finances classes have expressed concerns about making investing mistakes. And while being safe and cautious with one’s money is admirable, sometimes it can
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I wanted to share some learnings from a brief review of the Fastenal Annual Shareholder Report. This is the 3rd post I’ve done recently that talks about a public company’s annual report. Some of you may be wondering why I’m dragging you through this. It’s a fair question. The reason is that as a shareholder,
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