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2025-10-30

Budgeting and Investing for Financial Empowerment

It’s a common myth that wealthy people don’t need to budget. From my own experience and from observing my mentors, the opposite is true. Those who were born into wealth budget to preserve it for future generations—to keep the family vacation home and ensure their kids get the best education. Those who built their wealth from the ground up budget because it’s the very tool that got them where they are, and it’s what will keep them there. The only wealthy people who don’t budget are often the ones who won’t be wealthy for long.

Finance

2025-10-18

My $20k Investment in India Grew to Over $266k

Back in the early 90s, India was at an economic crossroads. Emerging from the Cold War era, the nation faced significant challenges: a sprawling public sector, heavily regulated industries, and a tangled tax system that struggled to support its nearly 900 million people. In response, India embarked on a bold journey of market liberalization, opening its economy to the world.

Investment

2025-10-18

How We Profited From an 80% Market Crash

Here’s a question for you: Can you actually make money from an asset that has crashed and burned, losing 80% of its value? Most people would say it’s impossible. But a disciplined approach to shows it can be done, turning a seemingly lost cause into a profitable .

Investment

2025-10-18

Simple Truths for Better Stock Market Investing

When you’re first learning about , it’s easy to get lost in a sea of conflicting advice. But over time, you start to see that a few core truths matter more than anything else. These are the principles that separate consistently successful people from those who are always one step behind the market.

Investment

2025-10-18

Why I Buy Stocks at Their All-Time Highs

When it comes to , one of the most common pieces of advice you'll hear is to stay away from stocks with high Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratios. But I’m going to tell you the first rule I follow when trading growth stocks: ignore the high P/E. If you let that single metric guide you, you’ll miss out on some of the biggest winners in the market.

Investment

2025-10-18

The Most Direct Way to Invest Like Warren Buffett

Whenever Warren Buffett breaks down his approach to , he makes it sound deceptively simple. The strategy? Just buy a great company at a reasonable price and hold on to it for the next half-century. Looking back, it seems obvious that a company like Coca-Cola was destined for success. But honestly, how many of us have held that stock since 1988, when Buffett made his move?

Investment

2025-10-18

An Honest First Look at the Stock Market

I’ve always seen the stock market as one of the most powerful tools for building wealth ever invented. It’s a space that I firmly believe should be open to everyone, not just a select few. That’s why is a question more people should be asking. There’s a place for every kind of personality and strategy here.

Investment

2025-10-17

Ben Franklin's Timeless Guide to Stock Investing

If you're looking for the secret to investing, I’m confident that for most American families, the answer is surprisingly simple. It involves owning your stocks through a broad market index fund, like one that tracks the S&P 500, and your bonds through a total bond market index fund. Warren Buffett agrees, stating that for most people, the best way to own stocks is through a low-fee index fund—a path that will almost certainly beat the net results of the majority of investment professionals.

Investment

2025-10-17

Can 'Smart Beta' Funds Really Beat the Market?

Since the first index mutual fund launched back in 1975, the traditional, long-term approach to indexing has been a massive success. For anyone just getting into , it's a proven model. These funds, which simply aim to track a broad market index like the S&P 500, have consistently delivered returns that leave most actively managed funds in the dust. This is one of the most important lessons in .

Investment