Basically…A Millennial Explores Finance
This is the second post in my remote work series. Please see the first article listed below. Remote Work - Then and Now One thing that people always point to as a reason bosses want people back in office is “they just signed these big expensive leases.” What most people don’t know is, we have … Continue reading How Office Leases Influence Return to Office Decisions
A Review of The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris I recently read The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris. Originally published in 2007, he republished a “not revised” but expanded and updated version in 2009 because he thought the world had changed so much between 2007 and 2009 after the banking crash of 2008. I’ve read … Continue reading Remote Work – Then and Now
I was talking to a friend Monday about the Oscars, but I hadn’t paid too much attention (aside from loving the awards for Brendan Fraser & Everything, Everywhere All At Once), because I was too busy delving into the news around the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"). With my background both in the Bay … Continue reading The Role of Financial Regulators in the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
Investigating the BIRD revenue mistatement...
A year or so ago, I could barely keep up with the firehose of information about SPACs. Now SPACs, as well as the general IPO market, have crumbled. I went to a recent alumni event to meet current Accounting major students of my Alma Mater, Indiana University. Out of curiosity I mentioned SPACs to them, … Continue reading SPAC That!
If you’re like me and follow business news with any sense of regularity, you noticed that in 2020 aside from well, everything else going on, 2020 was being called Year of the SPAC, or SPAC IPO. Now again if you’re anything like me you read those words and thought, “What on earth is a SPAC?”
This company had an IPO! They’re Going Public! If you’ve ever heard that statement and wondered what it means, you’re not alone. IPO stands for Initial Public Offering, which is when a company goes public. Oh, you don’t know what that means either? This article is long and has a lot of background around initial … Continue reading More than you ever wanted to know about IPOs
In an earlier post, WTF is a 401(k) I spent a lot of time … ranting about pensions, and explaining why a 401(k) system is better. I didn't, however, spend a lot of time explaining what a 401(k) actually is. So today I’d like to explain a bit about the different options for retirement accounts … Continue reading Save Me From Retirement
How the Coronavirus is affecting the Stock Market (and what to do about it).
For most people, I’m guessing that only time they interact with the stock market is when they’re at the airport or some other public place, and see the tickers go by. You hear the phrases, things like “Markets are down today”, or “Stocks really took a hit”, or maybe even “Dow’s up 200 points”. But … Continue reading What is the stock market?
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