Invest in Discovering Your Passion

Your main motive for starting a business should not be to make money. It should be to give, to offer the larger society what is presently lacking, to fill a need, to close a gap and make the society a little bit better than before you came. To be able to give in a sustainable [...]

Before You Look For A Job

Looking for a job seems to be the logical next step for people after graduation. Very few stop to think why they are looking for a job, and which type of job they are looking for. For most, any high paying job goes. Show them the money, and they are in business, be it a [...]

Invest in Yourself

Before you consider investing in any business, you have to first invest in yourself. This involves investing in your financial education, to understand the world of money, investment, personal financial management and business intelligence. This enables you to know what you are doing, and in Nigerian parlance “shine your eyes”. If you do not know [...]

What Business Should I Invest in?

I get this question each time the subject of investing comes up, which is pretty often. Folks look for an investment outlet whereby they will simply “drop off” their money, and wait for returns. Now that the stock market is a no go area most, and the credit crunch is restricting access to real estate investments, people are wondering what next?

Velocity of Money

The poor and middle class work for money, while the rich have money work for them. What this means is that the rich puts their money to work, while the poor and middle class spend money it and park the rest. They put their money in parking gear or gear one, while they go work [...]

Become a Selling Shareholder – The Ultimate Investor

Lesson 7 from Lessons From Our Last Nigerian Stock Market Fiasco The dream of every professional investor is to become the ultimate investor – a selling shareholder. Instead of buying and selling shares, you create the shares and sell it to interested investors or to the investing public through an Initial Public Offer (IPO). To [...]

Expand Your Planning Horizon

When it comes to finance and investment, most folks plan for the short term, what they can see and benefit here and now. The effect is that many factors are not considered in the decision making process, thereby degrading the quality of the decision, resulting in poor decision making and avoidable losses. One key aspect [...]

Never Count Your Money, When You Are Sitting at the Table

Word of wisdom from a professional gambler and holds true in the world of investing. As long as your money is on the table, it is not your money. As long as the money is in the market, it is not your money. It belongs to the market. If you have been in the market [...]

Your Investment Should Make Sense When You Buy, Not When You Sell

Lesson 6 from Lessons From Our Last Nigerian Stock Market Fiasco Most folks invest based on the hope for a future profit, often peddled by financial advisers. This hope is often based on anticipated events which are outside the control of the investor, hence can go either way. There is nothing wrong with potential future [...]