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An overview of personal investing.

Matt Henderson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:14:38 +0000

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 →

On the pricing of service work.

Matt Henderson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:23:28 +0000

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 →

An overview of personal investment.

Matt Henderson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:29:00 +0000

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 →