What are your priorities?
If you’re like me, you might have struggled with your intentions of being the investor you want to be. What are your goals and priorities when it comes to your money? No person is the same as another.
Only you define your identity, I can’t do that for you. I don’t support the industry’s status quo of treating you like a market to be sold into, prepackaged products marketed for a hefty fee.
Only you define your identity, I can’t do that for you. I don’t support the industry’s status quo of treating you like a market to be sold into, prepackaged products marketed for a hefty fee.
This spring, I purchased an ebike kit after I conceded that I wasn’t riding bicycles to work like I had been doing in my younger years. Lighter, powerful, universal add-on that makes almost any bicycle an ebike, Swytch's electric wheel solved my problem of struggling to ride home uphill at the end of the workday. Commuting to work in the morning, no problem, it's downhill mostly. In the early evening, before dinner, when my blood sugar is low, not so easy to ride home without this motor's assist.
Toss it in the car, the made-in-USA foldable Bike Friday rides like a full-sized bicycle, incredible to be outside and enjoying the breeze. It has opened up new possibilities for me, and freed me from the duality of either working from home or driving my gas-guzzling car to the office. I've done it all, commuting to work by traditional bicycle, ebike, electric car, subcompact, SUV, bus, you name it.
Toss it in the car, the made-in-USA foldable Bike Friday rides like a full-sized bicycle, incredible to be outside and enjoying the breeze. It has opened up new possibilities for me, and freed me from the duality of either working from home or driving my gas-guzzling car to the office. I've done it all, commuting to work by traditional bicycle, ebike, electric car, subcompact, SUV, bus, you name it.
Tell me who you are. Only you can say, right? Yet when it comes to investing, the system defines the options for you. In contrast, here at Pennyfarthing Investment, we value what you want to be invested in, or want not to be invested in. And if you’d like further insight for now, we made the little chart below.
What kind of transportation helps you feel alive? And, what celebrity is associated in real life with that form of transport, i.e. who drives what?
Your answers might shed light on what type of investing would be for you, whether it’s for impact, alignment, security or community. One might feel a bit of each and even more of some, or might want lots more of all!
What kind of transportation helps you feel alive? And, what celebrity is associated in real life with that form of transport, i.e. who drives what?
Your answers might shed light on what type of investing would be for you, whether it’s for impact, alignment, security or community. One might feel a bit of each and even more of some, or might want lots more of all!
What kind of transportation helps you feel alive, and who drives what vehicle?
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Impact investing: *
ebikes / public transit & buses / horses / walk Jimmy Stewart / Julia Roberts / Tom Hanks / Jessica Alba / Keanu Reeves / Rick Steves |
Alignment investing: **
electric & hybrid vehicles / trains & planes Beyoncé & Jay-Z / Margot Robbie / Gwyneth Paltrow / Dave Grohl |
Security investing: ***
fossil fuel automobiles / SUVs / private jets Oprah Winfrey / Matthew McConaughey / Warren Buffett / Tony Robbins |
Community investing: ****
buy a bike for a kid / drive a senior to the doctor / use a pickup truck to haul something for a neighbor Elton John / Angelina Jolie / George & Amal Clooney / Samantha Brown / George Lopez |
* Impact investing: I make a positive difference in the world by investing in businesses and projects with consequence as well as by influencing change through shareholder advocacy and proxy voting.
** Alignment investing: I align my investments with my values by including or excluding companies and industries that matter to me.
*** Security investing: I earn a return in order to put my added wealth to good use and consider nonfinancial factors when they would increase profits and/or decrease risks.
**** Community investing: I seek opportunities to lend at below-market rates, donate, gift and volunteer.
** Alignment investing: I align my investments with my values by including or excluding companies and industries that matter to me.
*** Security investing: I earn a return in order to put my added wealth to good use and consider nonfinancial factors when they would increase profits and/or decrease risks.
**** Community investing: I seek opportunities to lend at below-market rates, donate, gift and volunteer.
