Finance

Should I landscape my investment property? I mean, isn’t it a waste of money to plant flowers, prune, water the lawn, etc.? There are many aspects of property management that are not glamorous, exciting or necessarily exhilarating. After the adrenaline of the acquisition has faded into the not-too-distant past, there […]

Last week we witnessed the stock market hitting a record breaking correction with a decline of 12%. Ouch. It’s like we stubbed a toe in the middle of the night. We didn’t see it coming and it hurts. Our reaction is to hobble toward the light. If we could see […]

Although most investors are solely familiar with equity trading, such as stocks or mutual funds, or investing in debt, such as bonds, commodity trading tends to be ignored despite the fact that it possesses many advantages over other types of investment instruments. Let’s begin by defining what a ‘commodity’ is […]

Nobody knows your business better than you do. After all, you are the CEO. You know what the engineers do; you know what the production managers do; and nobody understands the sales process better than you. You know who is carrying their weight and who isn’t. That is, unless we’re […]

1. Education & Experience You don’t need to know everything about your cell tower lease if you hire a consultant who does. Why not hire a person with more industry experience than you? Is it worth the risk not to? 2. Consultants are Buffers If negotiating a new cell site […]

It is beyond dispute that traditionally, an MBA’s most valuable skills in include leadership, strategic thinking and finance, and that those core modules will remain the foundations of business school education system. It comes as a surprise that a recent 2007 QS Recruiter Survey reflected that “soft” skills rank the […]

As of March 23, 2018, the S & P 500 (at $2,588.26) was down roughly 10% from its January 26, 2018 all time high of $2,872.87, and down about 3.2% for the year, presumably in anticipation of an imminent trade war. Additionally, interest rate sensitive securities were trading near 52 […]

Besides water, beer is made with three essential ingredients – barley, hops and yeast. This probably has what made this beverage a very good ingredient for cooking. Because alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, it quickly evaporates during cooking and the beer’s natural flavors become more concentrated, giving […]