I read a headline today that said Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is close to surpassing Exxon Mobil (XOM) as the largest US company.  Apple is indeed an incredible company, but it’s very interesting today that the pride of American business today is a company that sells cool gadgets to people.  Not to say that these gadgets aren’t great.  They are and I own a bunch of them.  But, these gadgets don’t exactly do much for productivity unless your goal is to listen to music while you surf the web while you …

Buy low and sell high.  Everyone knows it’s what we’re supposed to do, but it’s unfortunately what most of us fail to do in investing for ourselves.  Our emotions push us to do the exact opposite.  We sell when stocks have already dropped and we buy when they’ve already had huge runs.  Occasionally, we get lucky and make a little money with our terrible timing.
In order to buy a stock when it’s low and a good buy, you essentially have to buy it when nobody wants it.  A stock market …

Last part in the series on the future of making money online.  Be sure to check out parts one, two and three prior to reading this.
In this part of the series, we’re going to shift gears slightly and look at Google as an investment.  I’ve laid out the case that I believe a shift is occurring in which search is becoming less important (still very important, but less).  Obviously, Google being the global leader in search for years now, this would have a very large impact on their business if …