Eight years ago, a little-known company called Peloton needed an investor. The founder asked a friend to invest $25,000. Now that friend has 9 million dollars—all because he had the cash to do it,...
Warren Buffett is a billionaire, but he isn’t leaving anything to his kids. That’s one way to screw them up. Even for non-billionaires, there’s a way to leave a little something behind and...
The only big company that’s been allowed to fail recently is Lehman Brothers. Big problem for the Lehman exec with $25 million in company stock… it all went to zero. If you own a lot of stock in...
The first time you hear about something, you should buy it. “Invest, then investigate.” If you wait to research a stock, you’ll never get around to it. And you may end up saying the three most...
Discount brokerages are offering fractional shares to people. So, you can buy $5 worth of Amazon now, which is absolutely pointless. If you’re only investing $5 in stocks, you should not be...