Archived; click post to view.
Excerpt: My previous essay (Peaceful Wealth: Where do we start the journey?) discussed the startlingly poor returns achieved by the average investor. To summarize, DALBAR, Inc. found the average equity investor underperformed the S&P 500 index by 7.5% per year for the 20 year period from 1987 to 2006. Remarkably, this was not the first time investors have failed miserably in their quest for stock market wealth. DALBAR has found similarly poor performance in each of its previous 14 annual Qualitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) reports. They conclude the problem is behavioral. Investors make poor choices and their improper investment behaviors are corrosive…
Business
Article by Jodi Ouellette
Archived; click post to view.
Excerpt: Article by Rebel Brown We all know our business models inside and out, right? We know where we make money, where we lose money, where we invest and recently, where we tighten our belts.But are we really executing on the best business model for growth? Business models are a magnet for Gravity thinking. I believe that’s because we’re all rained to believe that business models should be established and then maintained carefully – no matter what happens.That’s old school and pure Gravity thinking. If you’re business model isn’t shifting to match the dynamic winds of your markets, then your business…
Archived; click post to view.
Excerpt: There was a time long ago when you open a company has been a relatively unexplored new. When you take a look back to colonial times there were not many businesses. The baker city did not have much competition as he was probably the only bakery around. Fast forward to today and small businesses have become very big business. Small businesses are now open so often there are small models available when starting a business or performing a specific function within a company. There are models that exist today to help a person throughout the process of starting their own…
Article by JT Baloch
Archived; click post to view.
Excerpt: Economically slow times will often see a drop in people needing travel related services. Car rental companies, upon seeing the turn in the economy made some very smart financial decisions. This good quick sound financial decisions put these companies in a very solid position and emerge as leaders in the travel industry. Their proactive steps allowed to them to safely maneuver through and around the decline that soon followed, giving them a safe position ahead of the curve. This is an excellent of good business sense and planning for any business to examine and learn from. Selling down, or downsizing…
