by Stoffel | May 21, 2026 | Speculation
In June 2020, a 20-year-old student named Alex Kearns logged into his Robinhood account and saw a balance of negative $730,165. He had been trading options – complex instruments he did not fully understand – and the figure on the screen, which turned out to be a...
by Stoffel | May 14, 2026 | Financial Literacy
When did you last feel genuinely motivated by the number in your savings account? If the answer is “rarely,” you are not failing at personal finance but you are experiencing a structural problem with how most of us are taught to save. We are told to put...
by Stoffel | May 7, 2026 | Biases, Decision Making, Investing
In 1875, an Ohio farmer named Samuel Benner published a chart that claimed to predict the future of financial markets. It was based on the price cycles of cast-iron. One hundred and fifty years later, that same chart – the Benner Chart – still circulates on social...
by Stoffel | Apr 30, 2026 | Financial Literacy
A basket of groceries that cost $100 a decade ago now costs closer to $135. The eggs are the same. The bread is the same. What changed is what your money is worth. Most people understand, vaguely, that prices rise over time. Fewer connect this to the concrete...
by Stoffel | Apr 23, 2026 | Financial Literacy
Most investors spend their energy searching for the right stock, the right fund, or the right moment to buy. These decisions matter. But none of them come close to the single variable that determines more wealth outcomes than any other: time. Compounding is not a...
