Asset Class Returns

Adam Investing

I wanted to share an updated version of one of my absolute favorite charts, from our friends over at NovelInvestor. It’s always instructive to get a nice visual reminder of the value of diversification. As you can see, very rarely does the same asset top the charts multiple years in a row and it’s quite common for them to be …

Gen Y Finance Guy – Freedom Fighter Series

Adam My Life, Personal Finance

I’m still getting back in the swing of things, so rather than bring you our regularly scheduled Monday post, I want to direct you over to GenYFinanceGuy. He was nice enough to have me on his Freedom Fighter series today. I hope you enjoy the interview. My interview with Gen Y Finance Guy Still here? If so consider using Tradeking …

My new Resource Page is Live!

Adam Investing, Personal Finance

I’m going to keep it short, but I wanted to make sure the people following on RSS see the new content added to the Resource Page. I’ve spent many hours putting together as complete a list as possible of the best of all the best tools for frugal badassity, investing, expense tracking, travel and more. Not everything has a review …

What I learned from 50th Anniversary Berkshire Hathaway Letter

Adam Business, Investing

One of my favorite annual publications came out today, the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter! Yet again Berkshire had a killer year. Berkshire’s gain in net worth during 2014 was $18.3 billion, which increased the per-share book value of both our Class A and Class B stock by 8.3%. Over the last 50 years (that is, since present management took …

BHP Billiton bumps the dividend

Adam Investing

  BHP Billiton, one of my favorite, permanent holding companies, reported better than expected earnings today. In an environment in which the prices of all 4 of their primary commodities are in the tank, the company continued to operate admirably. Continued cost cutting and inefficiencies were found (from god know’s where) and the company reduced debt, improving it’s balance sheet.  …