by Buddy Broome | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog, Blog, Uncategorized
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the unprecedented 20,000 point barrier. To give some historical perspective, in January of 1987, the Down...
by Buddy Broome | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Challenge
What Society Tells Us about Yields One concept that I hear a lot among investors and non-investors alike is the belief that they cannot set their own yield (aka return on investment). Rather, society has accustomed us to believe that the yield is set by banks,...
by Buddy Broome | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog
Have you ever had a deal where you were "light" the funds to close ("light" can mean that you don't have the funds or that you simply did not want to cut a check;-)? Here is one tool that I have used in the past to help my parents close a deal that solved this...
by Buddy Broome | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog, Challenge, Uncategorized
Our goal as investors is to get money to work for us rather than the other way around. When we have money work for us, the principles of investing are able to turn a seemingly small amount of money into a huge amount of money with sometimes little effort on our...
by Buddy Broome | Dec 15, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
It is the time of year when people are wearing funny sweaters, drinking eggnog, and buying gifts for friends and family. While the first two of the previously mentioned activities are things people are pretty excited about doing, the third is typically one that fills...