by Michael Masterson | Nov 17, 2008 | Articles
About eight years ago, I did a little experiment. I wanted to find out if it really is possible to do business from anywhere in the world. So I packed my family off to Rome (one of my favorite cities) for a six-week “working vacation.” I not only learned that, yes, it...
by Michael Masterson | Jul 24, 2007 | Articles
To double your money every three years, you need an average yearly profit of about 26 percent. Does 26 percent seem like an easy target? Or a hard one? When I look at my own investing track record, here’s what I see. Stocks: I buy mostly no-load index funds and some...
by Michael Masterson | May 22, 2006 | Articles
I’m filling my gas tank this morning and this guy jogs by. He’s in his early fifties and he’s in very good shape – muscular and lean. Standing still, he’d probably look like a specimen of perfect health. But he’s moving like...
by Michael Masterson | May 1, 2006 | Articles, Entrepreneur, Wealth
There’s an old axiom about business that every successful entrepreneur comes to appreciate: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Why, then, is Brad Anderson, CEO of Best Buy, fiddling with his $30 billion a year machine? Anderson believes...
by Michael Masterson | Apr 28, 2006 | Articles, Careers, Wealth
Recently, I read the following post on ETR’s Speak Out forum from Ryan Chludzinski, a young man who needs some direction. He writes: “I am a 21-year-old student who works over 40 hours a week to keep up with paying for bills, tuition, and living expenses....