by Tim Denning | Aug 21, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool — Seneca Finance becomes an obsession. Not because of the money but because of the possibilities it opens up. When you figure out money you figure out much of life. You figure out how to create value and that...
by Tim Denning | Aug 17, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
Most of you reading this aren’t finance nerds. So let me give you the simple version. In 2005 Michael Burry and his firm bet against the housing market, predicting it would crash. In 2008 it did. Burry got rich off it. They later made a movie about Burry called “The...
by Tim Denning | Aug 15, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
Retirement is so misunderstood it scares me. The other night after singing Teddy Bear’s Picnic full blast to my daughter so the whole neighborhood could hear, I read an article about retirement: Can Gen X retire? With traditional sources of income in doubt, this group...
by Tim Denning | Aug 7, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
Banking is a strange career. On the one hand it has perceived high status but on the other hand there’s a dark side to it. As someone who’s spent most of their career working in the industry, let me share a few things you may not know (that’ll surprise you). Certain...
by Tim Denning | Jul 25, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
The down cycle is ending. US inflation is starting to come down. Supply chain pressures are easing. The job market looks good. The Nasdaq index of tech stocks is ripping higher. The S&P 500 is up for the year. All the fear is ending as it always does. We’ve had...
by Tim Denning | Jul 25, 2023 | Money, Personal Finance
Renters are stupid. They own nothing. Homeowners are dumb because they got themselves into huge debt. These are the two sides of one of the biggest debates on the internet, as shown by this tweet. This discussion isn’t new either. It seems humans are obsessed with...