Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Personal Finance

  • The compound gains of staying the curse

    The compound gains of staying the curse

    Let’s talk today about staying the course, about doing something for such a long time that it becomes easy to you, whereas you can achieve good results with little effort, something like the the flywheel effect. Staying the Course in the Stock Market At one time, I used to be a market timer. I tried…

  • Financial Predictions, cryptocurrencies, and political news

    Financial Predictions, cryptocurrencies, and political news

    Today I am making the case that we should not listen to financial predictions we find on regulars media or financial websites. No one single economist predicted COVIDNo one single economist predicted the horrendous invasion of UkraineNo one predicted that the economy would be so strong with the stock market up 18% in 8 months.…

  • Safeguard Yourself Against Scammers

    Safeguard Yourself Against Scammers

    We live in a digital world, and unfortunately, while this means that everyone can be interconnected all the time, this also means that fraudsters have a lot more opportunities to get you.  Of course, frauds have evolved and the usual email from the Nigerian prince, which is one of the longest-running email scams, may seem…

  • How to Prevent Your Vehicle From Becoming a Money Pit

    How to Prevent Your Vehicle From Becoming a Money Pit

    The world is arranged in such a way that you really can’t get by without a vehicle. It’s an essential part of living life to the fullest; after all, without the keys to a car, you’d spend far too much time going to work, getting groceries, and visiting friends and family members. Alas, there is…

  • How I live like a king for less that $24k/year in Montreal

    How I live like a king for less that $24k/year in Montreal

    One of may life goals has been to retire early and live a comfortable life with little stress. In Quebec, I was a victim of racial discrimination due to my Hispanic accent. I was never able to find a suitable job, so very early I was forced into entrepreneurship and soon after that I started…

  • How Burnout Could Destroy Your Business

    How Burnout Could Destroy Your Business

    Burnout is horrible, it has a way of destroying a person’s livelihood, and it has a way of just destroying one’s mental health too. Now, for the most part, when it comes to burnout, there is mostly attention and emphasis put on employees rather than business owners. But you have to keep in mind that…