by Leif Jensen | Oct 2, 2024 | Rant |
During the Dark Ages, most people’s access to goods and services was confined to a 20-mile radius around their birthplace. Few individuals ventured beyond this limited geographic area over the course of their entire lives. Even the wealthy, who may not have...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 25, 2024 | Rant |
The 2024 presidential election represents a pivotal moment in American history, the first in nearly half a century where the names Bush, Clinton, or Biden are absent from the ticket. For 48 long years, these dynastic families have exerted a powerful grip on our...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 28, 2024 | Rant |
Classroom discussions, for students ages 12-18, cover various asset classes, risk versus reward and the power of compounding. Often, these areas are left out of traditional curriculums because they are considered nonacademic. However, these ideas overlap with the same...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 26, 2024 | Rant |
Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this… The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 14, 2024 | Rant |
The following hyperbolic proverb encouraging skepticism has been credited to the master of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe: “Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear” Poe wrote this quote in 1845, in 2024 we can’t even...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 7, 2024 | Rant |
So I have already highlighted some side gigs that take time and expertise with no guarantee of making a nickel. Here are some more that need real skills to even contemplate. Invest in dividend-paying stocks: Purchasing shares of companies that regularly distribute...
