February 5, 2012

Twenty Years Ago, in 1990 …

Joshua Kennon in First Grade El Dorado Springs Christian School

I was in first grade, having lunch at the El Dorado Springs Christian School.  Representing it old style, folks.  This was a point in my life when I didn't own a single share of stock.  It was about this time my Scrooge McDuck obsession started with the comic books, DuckTales, and the NES video game. Do you know why my first grade lunches were memorable?  Because every single day my mom hid a note in my lunchbox, written on an index card, telling me that she loved me, why I was special, and … [Read more...]

Spoiling the Concert by Carl Barks

Spoiling the Concert by Carl Barks - A Scrooge McDuck Painting

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Breakfast of Tycoons by Carl Barks

Breakfast of Tycoons - Carl Barks Scrooge McDuck Art

We added Breakfast of Tycoons to the official Carl Barks collection at Mount Olympus Awards.  We've been selectively acquiring more and more of his stuff when the price is attractive and it just fits with all of the framed stock certificates and financial artwork. I've identified a few other pieces we are interesting in actively acquiring but only on our terms.  Most of the time, we have them reworked in far nicer frames, matting, etc.  I'll try and update a future post with what they look … [Read more...]

The 5 Levels of Building Wealth

Scrooge McDuck Carl Barks Money Bin

Early in life, I developed a theory that there were five levels of building wealth that most self-made men (and women) go through to reach financial independence.  It was started by my love for Carl Barks Scrooge McDuck comics.  When I started reading the Federal Reserve reports of consumer wealth, empirical studies, and other sources of data, and discovered that 90% of those in the United States who are millionaires made the money on their own - that is, they did not inherit it - I … [Read more...]