In light of me losing 20% of my cash investment in stocks as a newbie investor, I’d like to mention that there is a difference between intuition and whim. Intuition told me to not put my money in hippie-planet-love stuff like Oatly and Allbirds. Whim told me to be cool and buy stock in aContinue reading “Intuition v Whims”
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New Year, New Strategy for this Newbie Investor
It’s official: this newbie investor is an MBA candidate, enrolled in classes, and I have no idea when I’m graduating! Really. I don’t know. Between the cost of paying the 37.5% federal tax on the tuition AND having a full-time, dead-end, low-paying job, I will see how it goes, then assess how many credits toContinue reading “New Year, New Strategy for this Newbie Investor”
My Stocks are Dipping Just Like My Job Search
I may have skipped a post, but I have been writing A LOT. This process of becoming myself again goes beyond being a newbie investor and learning about stocks. This newbie investor also needs to increase personal income, so more investing, and other life renewing activities, can happen! INTERVIEWS. Last week I had two in-personContinue reading “My Stocks are Dipping Just Like My Job Search”
IPO? FOMO? YOLO?
Well, well, well…this crash-course to investing self-edification journey keeps throwing new things at me. Last week, I received a super interesting notification from Robinhood about an upcoming IPO. In case you don’t think that’s interesting, let me remind you that this blog is by a newbie investor for others like me. I know what anContinue reading “IPO? FOMO? YOLO?”
My First Bet
Well, I’ve done something new this week: I placed my first white-collar bet. I’m not exactly swimming in a stream of endless capital, and I’ve never even placed a bet in a casino! But after years and years of watching stocks and missing out on all the “big ones,” I jumped in. I signed upContinue reading “My First Bet”
Kate Murray 