Wuhan Solo

hello world,

so this initial post will be banal, but hopefully not insipid.

as the world panics in endless sequestration due to China's Wuhan virus pandemic, (stop eating bats and koala bears etc please), i have found hermitation thrust upon me.  what to do, what to do?  start a blog and amuse myself, of course!

its only a matter of time until i abandon this blog, but in the meantime i'll probably post on the obvious pop culture things, sports, whatever interests me, blah.  however, my first series of posts might actually help somebody.  i have been lucky enough to be exposed to some financial concepts and absorb them via osmosis mainly, but for most there is an alarming lack of financial education in schools, which frankly is very suspicious, since financial independence = true freedom.

in any case, over the years different friends have asked me about finance and investing and so on, and just 'what is it that they need to know, and how to do it?'

these posts are my attempt to address that in a conversational, informal, yet (hopefully) concise way for both a complete novice and others more skilled.  it is important to point out that i have no academic qualifications whatsoever, or any actual training, i'm not a CPA, etc.  what follows is just a distillation of pointers based on my personal experience; it's what i would say to any friend of mine asking for advice.  obviously, whether you listen or ignore, its all at your own risk!

so please feel free to comment and ask questions, and if blogger lets me edit indefinitely, i might address those comments in revised blog posts.  if you know me, please provide feedback here in the comments, rather than contacting me directly, b/c chances are someone else will have the same question or whatever it is...

finally, big thx to Chris Nugent for his help and feedback, which really improved what i was trying to do.

so anyway, on to Part One of MrSinatra's Finance Bible!