I use my husband and kids as guinea pigs. That’s what I was doing one evening during dinner when I handed everyone a post-it note. I was practicing a lesson I was planning on teaching the next day to a group of fifth graders. “Write down five numbers from 1 to 47 on your post-it. You can use your favorite numbers or simply choose random ones. It doesn’t matter. If you match any of the five I write down, I’ll…
Nathan finally did it. He bought his first shares of a public company. Not the company he was orignially looking at. That was Pacsun and those shares have tripled in value in the few months he waited. No, instead, he bought several shares of Walmart. He likes how environmentally conscious they are and believes that they can have a big impact in this area. I like that he’s given serious thought to his investment. And I like that it is in concert with his value…
Ryan and two of his friends were hanging out the other night. Earlier in the day before either friend came over, Ryan had been MySpacing one of them about buying baseball cards on ebay. His friend had bought a Willie Mays card several months ago as an investment. According to him, it has already increased in value. That’s when Ryan’s little ears perked up. Ryan is all about investments. He knows he has time on his side and he’s willing…
Nathan and I had it all figured out. The timer was set for two hours and twenty minutes as a backup in case I forgot my role in his Odyssey Black Series i9. Now it was simply the waiting game. The i9 is a putter. Retail it sells for about $250. But a number of years ago Nathan discovered ebay and since then has rarely purchased a club in his ever growing arsenal to be a scratch golfer that wasn’t…
Nathan and Ryan came home a little dejected. They had spent three hours working for Tom and they didn’t get paid for the work. Tom is our neighbor. He’s retired and does a lot of stuff around his house. The boys work for him from time to time and love it because Tom pays them $13/hour. But they have to earn it. When they come home from a day at Tom’s, they sleep well that night. Last month Tom…