My experience working under Jeff Bezos, indirectly. As many of you know I held a full time job for a month after my layoff in February. This company is the online retailer, Amazon. 🙂 I was a warehouse associate at an Amazon Fulfillment Center. It was a lot of fun! And I’ll never forget the lessons I learned… Read More »
The ancient philosopher Seneca once said that, “luck is when opportunity meets preparation.” In other words, the more prepared we are the more chances we’ll have to take advantage of opportunities when they come our way. I believe this is true in many ways. But luck is probably a little more complicated than that. I’ve recently come across… Read More »
The stock market is starting to show signs of weakening. It fell in March. And my net worth would have dropped with it. But luckily my severance package came to the rescue. 😀 Job Update As explained in my previous monthly update, I was laid off in February from my full time job. The company was restructuring and… Read More »
Peter Munk 1927 – 2018 The founder of the world’s largest gold mining company passed away a couple of days ago at the age of 90. Peter Munk came from humble beginnings. He fled his home country of Hungry during WWII when it was invaded by Nazi Germany. Soon after he boarded a boat from England and came… Read More »
Most stock market investors will find it nerve-racking to see their portfolios drop by 50% or more. But a large stock market crash is usually beneficial for our long term finances and we should welcome a bear market sooner rather than later or even not at all. 😀 How an early stock market crash creates more wealth During… Read More »
A revolving line of credit is a very useful tool. It can be used to pay down higher interest credit card debts, cover business expenses, or pay regular household bills. To use a line of credit (LOC) properly we should understand how it works, and how the interest is calculated. At the time of set up a new… Read More »