Unmasking Methods Used by Businesses to Conceal Poor Performance   By Anthony Rhodes   When managed correctly, a business should operate like a well-oiled machine. Incomes should exceed outflows, supply chains should be consistently scrutinized and improved upon, and boardrooms should exert appropriately applied pressure towards management, ensuring that all systems of performance are routinely optimized for long-term, sustainable growth. When these functions aren't properly aligned, some proverbial gunk may begin to seep into the lubrication, causing systemic stress ..read more

    Identifying Characteristics of Stocks to Own Forever   By Anthony Rhodes   The wheel is perhaps the greatest industrial tool ever invented. Its elegant design was so well conceived that it has practically remained unchanged for thousands of years, and as a testament to its importance, has spanned from humble, wheelbarrow beginnings, to becoming an indispensable component for just about every device involved in land transport afterwards. From an investing perspective, the wheel would also qualify as that rarest of all breeds of stocks: those in which to purchase and nev ..read more

 Discovering Unique Methods of Stock Selection By Anthony Rhodes There are no shortages of ways used by investors to determine stock selection. From the tedious, cerebral methods designed and implemented by professionals, to the haphazard, emotional decisions deployed by novices, the industry has a never ending source of criterion by which to choose from. And the list expands annually as an abundance of new approaches joins the nomenclature, and make their often-hyped evaluative debut. But despite all these available concoctions, the vast majority of investors (including professionals ..read more

  Strategies to Aid Your Portfolio During High Inflationary Environments By Anthony Rhodes There are very few things which can send a chill down the spine of the business community, as does the prospect of rising inflation. This scourge forces them to raise the prices of their goods and services, which, inevitably results in less purchases of their offerings, and contributes overwhelmingly in downturns in consumer sentiment, which tends  to hang over the economy like a gigantic dark cloud; omnipresent above our heads, and extending ominously in all directions. As for investors, th ..read more

  Advice for Those Attempting to Scale the Golden Wall By Anthony Rhodes Having the ability to create wealth can be quite empowering. So much, in fact, that many financial advisors set account minimums for their services, so as to ensure ample compensation for the highly prized expertise for which they provide. The creation of this golden wall can have astounding psychological effects. Consumers have been conditioned to align prices with levels of quality, so establishing a barrier to entry taps into their tribal desires to become, or remain associated within the membership of a parti ..read more

  Why Pattern Recognition is Perhaps the Greatest Skill to Master for Portfolio Growth By Anthony Rhodes If there is a single flaw which can be directly attributed to nature, it would be that she is notoriously repetitive. Throughout the grand cosmos which encompasses the magnificence of her creativity and diversification, it appears that the underlying threads within this fabric is woven with an infinite cycle entrenched, and that its redundancies reign supreme on both the macro and microscopic levels of this celestial tapestry. The recognition of this truth is perhaps the primary re ..read more

  The Intertwining Triad of Vegetarian Diets, Enhanced Physical Activity and Celebrated Mental Acuity Could Usher in a New Phase of Human Evolution, with Investors Along for the Ride By Anthony Rhodes Somewhere Nietzsche is smiling. His foretelling of a coming "ubermensch" may be closer to realization (though not exactly in the manner in which he envisioned), as mankind appears to be on the cusp of a biological revolution. Within this new construct, smart devices monitor our physical activities, and provide guidance on how they can be improved upon. Torrential demand for organic foods ..read more

  Identifying the Dynamics which Spur M&A Activity, and How to Profit Off of Them By Anthony Rhodes The dynamism of capitalism assures that new products or technologies will steadily emerge for entrepreneurs, investors and consumers to benefit from. The sacredness of this covenant is the very essence of the commercial system, and as a result of its rewarding characteristics, ensures continued participation by all three parties involved. Such rewards inevitably produces overabundance, but systematic byproducts has efficiently evolved to develop a means of confronting these matters ..read more

  New Eco-Friendly Products Could Help Save the Planet and Our Natural Resources, While at the Same Time Growing Your Portfolio By Anthony Rhodes In order to truly combat the effects of climate change, I have always been of the opinion that it's best to appeal to the more practical side of mankind's nature. This is the portion which has been honed over eons as strictly pure rationality, and is predicated on the immediate gratification which has grown from the benefits which it has long generated. Confronting the topic from this angle is far more likely to be accepted, as it ultimately ..read more

  Using the Markets' Lateral Phases to Sharpen Your Investing Skills By Anthony Rhodes For new investors, the stock market can be a terrible place for on the job training. Having to swiftly decipher its coded industrial jargon, and being overwhelmed by its rapidly serpentine movements, the skills required to gain a foundational understanding within this environment can exhaust even the most studious of market learners, and absolutely befuddle those with easily distracted attention spans. But fear not, my fresh-faced market newbies, for the fates aren't so cruel as to not be willing to ..read more