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Time is our most precious resource and I thank you for allowing me to get a few minutes of your time each week. I hope you find the blog helpful and informative. Send me an email if there is ever a topic you would be interested in learning more about. I will research it and write a future blog about it.

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Is Gold Actually A Hedge Against Inflation?

Well according to my television and financial "news" media the economy was on the verge of collapse this past April. The financial "news" media seemed excited about it and also excited to mention that gold had broken through to new all-time highs! And while that is sort of true because gold recorded a new nominal high price. Nominal in this context means unadjusted as it pertains to inflation which is all that really matters. They tend to leave that part out because it's not as sexy and doesn't scare people as much. Is Gold actually a good hedge against inflation?

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Companies Are Rational, The "Stock Market" Isn't

Companies and what's referred to as the "stock market" are two different things. Companies are rational. The "stock market" is irrational. When you begin to realize that we are long-term goal-focused investors and we are owners of successful companies rather than just investors in the "stock market" you can change how you perceive the panic that the financial "news" media assaults us with on a 24/7 basis.

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Why Is The Stock Market So Volatile At Times?

If you follow financial "journalism" at all you will inevitably hear how volatile the market is and how you should take action to protect yourself from the volatility. However, when we turn off the "news" and look at things rationally, we can see a completely different story. One that is actually true. It's not the market that is volatile. It's the investors that are volatile.

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Thoughts On Japan Market Crisis

On August 5, 2024 and you probably woke up to doom and gloom on the news today about Japan’s stock market and how it’s crashing and how that’s going to affect the US stock market and basically how the world is ending. The world is not ending by the way.

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The Rollover Mistake That Costs Cooperative Retirees Significant Money

Everyday cooperative employees retire. Some of these retirees take the lump sum option and "rollover" that money to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or they "rollover" that money into their NRECA 401k. They may be working with a financial advisor or they may have decided that they don't want to pay an advisor and they want to do it themselves. This blog is speaking to the do it yourselfers.

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