We introduced the subject of financial literacy yesterday. Today, we’ll talk about concrete steps we need to take to ensure the next generation has a firm grasp on finances and money.
Continue reading More action, less talk about financial literacy
We introduced the subject of financial literacy yesterday. Today, we’ll talk about concrete steps we need to take to ensure the next generation has a firm grasp on finances and money.
Continue reading More action, less talk about financial literacy
I became deeply interested in the stock market back some 60 years ago.
Our class was given $ 1000 (no, not in real money) and we were to buy and sell stocks- even options (puts and calls)- over the course of a few months. The ones who had the most money at the end of the program would win an award.
So, all these new companies that have been started- from where did they obtain their initial capital?
Time. It’s important- mostly because of what we do with it. Or, what we don’t.
We used to tell time with sundials. Until we were able to develop sophisticated mechanical pieces that made our obsession with the time be possible, regardless of the weather. My religion uses the concept of hours- but those hours change in length as the day gets longer or shorter- since daylight is defined as containing 12 ‘hours’- and so is night-time.
I’ve written about Obamacare often. (Here’s one such article– you can find more searching for Obamacare or PPACA via the search box to the right.) So have others. While the original goal of the concept was to improve the health of Americans, it seems that we settled for insuring most Americans and making health care more accessible. (A valid goal, but far less lofty.) But, there always is the hope that we can reduce the costs of healthcare, too.
Continue reading Sour Grapes, Low Hanging Fruit, and Fine Wine…
Truth is stranger than fiction. Especially, when we are talking about how banks (you know, the industry that basically tanked four years ago and you and I bailed them out, only to have them stab us in the back) are putting the screws to their customers. No, I am not going to talk about some new fee, how they change their policies willy-nilly to cost us money. Nope! I am going to explain how the banks save money- and put us at risk.