In this article, I’m going to compress a lot of study, experience and opinion about personal investing, into a single essay to which I can refer others. It covers the power of compound returns, definition of asset classes, importance of diversification, role of asset allocation in the setting of risk, and introduces the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Continue reading →
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Mar 10
On the pricing of service work.
When I started Makalu, over a decade ago, I remember longing for a user’s manual to help with questions like, “How much should I charge?” and “How should I price my work?” This article describes how we approached these questions, and includes discussion of the recent controversy over the pricing of the 37signals’s (@37signals) blog redesign project. Continue reading →
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Aug 08
An overview of personal investment.
Although I’ll probably do a disservice to the topic, I’m going to try to compress a lot of study, experience and opinion into a brief blog article about personal investing. I’m very interested in the subject of investment, and enjoy chatting with others about it. So I decided that, rather than having to always repeat myself, I’d attempt to write down some things I’ve learned over time into a single article I can point people to. Continue reading →
