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Yield

I have recently opened an account to start a dividend investment strategy.  The focus of this account is maximizing the yield of the account. One stock that I have in the account is Oxford Lane Capital; I bought a 100 shares at $109.48.  But I am currently looking...

Founder

I recently rewatched the movie “The Founder” the biopic of Ray Kroc and the beginning of McDonalds.   What truly struck me was that originally the initial costs of a McDonald were minimal.  The franchises were achievable for lower middle class people.  ...

Counterpoints

“I think the great leaders find partners who basically can exploit their weaknesses but not, kind of, dance on their strengths. Instead of hiring weaker versions of themselves they hire people that are tremendous experts at what they’re not.” – Donny Deutsch  ...

Silver and gold

I have quite a few clients that have been have been purchasing gold and silver coins.  Granted we are not talking Scrooge McDuck quantities but more than the average person has. They are not expecting an impending apocalypse but they like to have the coins and bars.  ...

Over or Under Capacity

It is always interesting on how businesses cope with under or over capacity.   I had heard that one owner of a printer shop that had opened a restaurant.  The employees of the print shop were trained to work all aspects of the restaurant.  So that when the...

Networking Groups

I was recently looking at a new networking group.  Since it is a new group I am finding the dynamics very interesting.   Most Networking Groups in my experience have fallen into one of two groups; the first is for local personal referrals.  Typically any...

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