Over the years, I’ve explained a lot of Wall Street’s “secrets”… I’ve explained how discounted bonds are sometimes vastly better investments than stocks. I’ve covered how selling naked puts is almost always safer and more profitable than buying stocks outright. These concepts (and others) are critical to active investors. They…

Many folks struggle with the issue of where to retire. It’s hard to know what the right thing to do is when the time comes – stay where you lived when you worked, or move somewhere else to “retire.” So if you are contemplating retirement for the first time, lots…

Ten years after graduation, the average doctor remembers half of the information they knew at graduation. Essentially that leaves them only half as qualified to do their job. Part of that is forgetting or not reviewing material, part of that is not knowing the material in the first place, and…

Aim high! Reach for the stars! Shoot for the moon! In other words, Think Big!That’s the message we get time and time again from motivational speakers. And I get it.  In business, it certainly makes sense when you are in the very first stages of developing a new product or…

A friend of mine has a tattoo that says, “You are what you do when it counts.” Last Friday you read the story of The Two Marines, Corporal Jonathan Yale and Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter, who stood strong in the path of a truck bomb. Their actions and ultimate sacrifice saved the…

The belief that governments perform socially useful functions which deserve your support is a trap. The belief that you must obey a moral code created by someone else is a trap. And the belief that your rights will make you free is a trap. Whether or not you agree with…

I’ve never been a very polarizing person. Actually, for most of my life, my goal was to be anything but polarizing. Growing up as a child and into early adulthood, there’s no way I could have taken the heat that being polarizing creates. I was allergic to conflict and would…

If you long to accomplish great and noble tasks, you first must learn to approach every task as though it were great and noble. Even the grandest project depends on the success of the smallest components. Many people downplay small details, dismissing them as minutia-the “small stuff,” that we’re encouraged…