When the market sell-off first started in February, there were several articles proudly pointing out how few 401k investors made any changes to their accounts. Nobody panicked! Yay! I remember thinking that such a declaration of victory was rather premature. If you have held onto your stocks so far …
How would you like to add “Venture Capitalist” to your social media profiles? Indiegogo and Microventures have teamed up to offer equity stakes in startups to virtually anyone for as little as $100. Here is an Indiegogo blog post and a NY Times article covering the announcement. Previously, only…
Here’s a very simple game that does a great job of illustrating the pitfalls of investing, despite the long-term odds being in your favor. Imagine that you are given $25 that you can bet on a coin toss for 30 minutes. You know that the coin will come up …