Hold on to sector leaders and funds:Just because the market is up doesn’t mean you have to change your entire investing strategy. Hold on to stocks that are leading sectors, such as technology and financials. If you’re looking for minimal effort and solid returns,buying an S&P 500 index...
3. Financial Crisis Sell Off (2008): The global financial crisis of 2008 was triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent subprime mortgage crisis. This crisis led to a widespread sell off in financial markets, as investors became increasingly concerned about the stability of f...
How Does a Blockchain Work? You might be familiar with spreadsheets or databases. A blockchain is somewhat similar because it is a database where information is entered and stored. But the key difference between a traditional database or spreadsheet and a blockchain is how the data is struc...
The accrual method recognizes revenues and expenses entirely during one period, i.e., when earned/incurred. On the other hand, the cash method may result in transactions about a single sale/expense spreading across several periods, based on the timing of payment. This leads to the accounts not...
My wife told me to sell everything and invest in cash when the virus first started spreading. I am glad I didn’t listen and convinced her to stick to plan, or we would have lost more several thousand dollars in our investment accounts. Buy and hold or “crockpot” investing is the ...
Spreading rumors or false allegations regarding the company or its management Attempting to weaken the company's ability to raise capital, establish partnerships, or take other actions that negatively affect a company's operations Some high-profile investors andhedge fundscommonly take large...
Of course, the anxiety and knowledge that something can always go wrong also mean that I never really *feel* financially independent, even though I now am. That is my next chapter, working on that bit! I’m sure by the time I’ve mastered that I’ll have figured out something else I...
Many of the changes in the geopolitical world were hugely positive; for example, the falling of the Berlin Wall, the re-emergence of China in the global economy and the spreading of democracy throughout many parts of the world. Two years ago, there was deep fear about the ...
“Rather than recognizing that long term care providers were helpless to identify pre-symptomatic carriers who were spreading the virus, we have been blamed.” Parkinson announced “an historic media campaign to fight back,” including $15 million for social media and cable TV ads in Washington,...
access to the tools and data they need to get their jobs done. As we learned in the previous chapter, most employees are well-intentioned, but that doesn't mean well-intentioned behaviors do not cause risk. Employees with good intentions generally assume one of the following Insider Risk ...