FinCon starts tomorrow! For those not
familiar, FinCon is the world’s largest conference for financial educators and
influencers. Their website, finconexpo.com, calls the community “a diverse
group of ‘money mediapreneurs.’”
The FinCon website and podcast are a
great reference for newbies to personal finance/investing because they group the
content creators by their niche or their story, making it easy to find what
interests you.
They also have a pass to access recorded
presentations of the highlights, which I’m considering purchasing. I’m binging
on online courses/bootcamps right now. Like I said in my last post, my mind is like
a sponge soaking up information!
One course I started taking is an
introduction to coding and programming. Even though some minimalist and
frugality blogs have provided me with a helpful self-exam of my spending
habits, it makes more sense for me to focus on earning, by gaining skills to make more
income in less time, so I can have more time to pursue volunteering and other
projects that are meaningful to me.
Other discoveries of the day, Investopedia.com.
My burning question has to do with entry points into the stock market, the buy low part of investing. An article on
the site, What is a Bear Market? mentions
that it is almost impossible to tell what is the bottom of the bear market. When
is the ideal time to buy, do the experts even know? Sounds like I could use
some real advice.
Are you learning any new skills right
now? What are you finding useful?
