If you're just joining in, I'll recommend you read my previous NSE series posts. image: trak.in Today, I'll be explaining how a stock gets it's price. And as we know, we consider our stock purchase a good investment only when we see the stock price going up and not down. So an understanding of what makes a stock's price go up or down is very vital. As a quick recap. There are 3 ways ...
NSE #8: Understanding Stock -- common shares and preference shares
Today, I'll be explaining stocks. I'll start with it's different names that confuse a lot of people -- shares, stock and stocks. Shares are the units of a financial instrument. In our case, we'll say -- Shares are the units of a stock. That takes us to -- what is a stock? Stock is the capital of a company raised through the issue and subscription of shares. And you say stocks when you ...
Yeah, we are progressing! When it comes to financial securities investment, stocks and bonds matter a lot. And in today's post, I'll be helping you understand stocks and bonds. What they really are. image: blog.mumbaitrader.com There are different ways to own a company: you can start one yourself; you can partner with a friend to start one; and you can buy the stock or bonds of ...
I'm assuming you've read NSE #3: The Magic of Compound Interest In this post I'm going to revisit Compound Interest. It makes all the difference in the investment world. With a working knowledge of compound interest, all you'll need to become very rich is just lots of time and no [very] bad luck (you don't even need good luck). And I'm telling the unvarnished truth. image: dominatethegmat.com Compound ...
The Right Perspective on Investment
I intend to begin an intense series of posts on Investment -- bonds and common stock investing. But before I start, I need to set our perspectives right, as regards investing. Oftentimes, we consider buying stocks and bonds as an alternative to leaving the money in a savings account, or a quick way to double our money. We hardly view buying stocks and bonds the same way we view starting ...
Yippee! I can successfully prepare for the coming year, 2014. Why? I have achieved my 2013 new year resolutions. Or goals, sounds better. And in today's post, I'll show you how I did it. How I achieved all my 2013 goals. 1. I made 3 new year resolutions. To achieve a new year resolution, you have make a new year resolution. So that was where I started from. In January 2013, I didn't ...
We all want to be a hero, at least, somebody's hero. In today's post I'll be sharing with you the sure way to becoming a hero, a real hero. image: thecalmzone.net Since none of us really care about the definition of a hero and being a hero is more of a heart thing, I will skip my usual elaborate definition. I will just go straight to steps you need to take to become ...
I have read a lot of books on goals -- how to set goals, following through with strategies and achieving the goals. But I learned the right way to pursue a goal from only one set of books -- biographies. After reading biographies of about half of the past US presidents, reknowned scientists, great military leaders, business gurus, and artists; I found out that there is only ...
MVP #24: How to force Excel into printing what you want and on 1 page
My colleague at work was working on an Excel document, it was an official document and he needed to get it printed out right. But Excel kept splitting the document into two pages and in a very annoying way. So I helped him out. And today, I'll be sharing the how-to. Someday, when you get into a similar situation you can be sure to come back to this post for straightforward help and not ...
"You can decide to ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality." Says one of my favorite quotes. And today, I'll be sharing with you a reality you shouldn't ignore -- M2M. M2M stands for Machine to Machine, and in practical terms, it is the technology that enables you to pay your DSTV subscription online, and without calling DSTV or doing extra thing, ...
We all want to be regarded as creative. Even the gateman of a luxury apartment in Ikoyi tries to add a personal touch to his monotonous task of closing and opening a gate. image: thepinstripedsuit.com But how can you become very creative? Well, that is what I'm going to show you in today's post. A lot of us believe being creative means being inquisitive, always ...
Yeah, you need to start planning for your retirement. Retirement is the point in your life when you'll look yourself in the mirror and say, "I can't do this anymore." For some of us, the company we work for will show us that mirror, as soon as we hit the age of 65. And for the rest of us, life itself will someday show up as that mirror. Either way, now is the time to start making ...
The Eko Atlantic city is an artificial city Lagos is creating by filling the shores of the Atlantic Ocean around Bar Beach. It's going to be big enough to accommodate close to half a million inhabitants (you can triple that 'cos this is Lagos, even Lag Bus carries thrice it's intended passengers). It's funded by lots of banks and private investment firms. But why do I say we need it? Hey, ...
Fashion mistakes are like measles, the earlier in life the better. Unfortunately for me, I didn't make enough fashion mistakes while growing up, so I ended up spending my first 3 years after university making one fashion mistake after another. After the final interview for my first job, the interviewer called me back and gave me fashion advice. The only consolation was that he gave me ...