Ethics and Stock Trading

Anyone with a background in finance knows about insider trading and the fact that it's illegal.  Most Americans have at least heard the phrase and know it's not legal but may not fully understand what it is.  Wikipedia defines insider trading as:  The illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange to one's own advantage through having access to confidential information.  Therefore, in theory, no one who is exposed to insider information of publicly traded stock is to act on that information until it is made public to all to take advantage of.  This is theory, because it's so difficult to clearly define the lines of where this starts and stops and how to enforce whether an individual is trading on public/private information.  It comes down to ethics/morals and the type of person each of us are.

If the Duggars can do it, so can I!

Today, I found a blogger and person on Twitter named Josh Hood (twitter:  @JoshuaMHood).  I browsed through his tweets and he makes some pretty inspirational quotes.  One example:  "Less than 12% of what you're communicating has to do with the actual words you're saying. Pastors: master non-verbal communication!" 

Strength in Numbers

I'm so happy to find this community on Twitter of other people (not all Americans!) who are working on this debt-free lifestyle.  Everyone wants to feel like part of a crowd or feel like they fit-in but I tend to stay away from 'clicky' crowds.  I don't like to feel like I'm excluding people or that I have to meet certain standards in order to be accepted.  However, the good thing about the Twitter 'debt-free club' (as I've just coined the phrase), is that everyone can join it and we are all at different stages within it.  However, we are a good club to join because we encourage each other & help one another with ideas, suggestions, etc. that doesn't exclude a single person.