More Faith in the Future

“Every decision is risky; it is the commitment of existing resources for an uncertain and unknown future.” – Peter Drucker

This quote reminds me of three things about life:

Number 1: Risk is a way of life. There is no way to avoid it in any world. Our job is to assess and choose the risks that we believe will pay the most (or at least harm us).

Number 2: We must decide to do something. To do nothing is really a decision to do something – nothing. Furthermore, when we decide we must be committed to it.

Number 3: The future is uncertain and unknown. But would we have it any other way? That is exactly what brings the adventure to life, isn’t it? The upside resides only in the unknown.

It is always amazing to see studies like the one Franklin Templeton did over the last three years … More >>>

Ways to Monitor the Stock Market

I like investing, and I like everything about the stock market in particular. But I find that many people get confused and don’t really know what to look for when they have to pay attention to the stock market.

Of course, if you read the news at night, they might tell you what the Dow Jones Industrial Average did that day, whether it went up or down, but that doesn’t really give you an overall view of how the market is. do it on a certain day.

In this article I want to spend a few minutes discussing some other things that you should pay attention to besides the Dow Jones index which will give you a broader picture of what the market has done on a particular day.

So the first thing to consider besides DOW is the S&P 500. This is an index fund consisting of 500 of … More >>>