Author name: John Lebeau

About Our Founder, John J. Lebeau: A seasoned, financial industry veteran with a diversified, 40-year background from Wall Street to Palm Beach, John Lebeau began his career in 1981 at E.F. Hutton, investing in the corporate stock of 82 corporations for its employees’ monthly stock investment plans. A year and a half later, he was sitting on the institutional trading desk of the venerable and iconic, investment research and management firm, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. (now AllianceBernstein, L.P. 26 years later, in 2008, he left the corporate world as a VP/Sales Director in the Wealth Management division of BNY Mellon’s South Florida Region in its West Palm Beach office. Soon after, he went into private practice as a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), under the firm name John J. Lebeau & Co. This boutique RIA commanded a niche specialty practice in South Florida in Reg. D venture capital consulting. John semi-retired in 2014, to pursue various business and personal goals, one of which is now sharing his knowledge of finance with his readers, subscribers, customers and clients at EarnLearnSaveInvest.com. During his career in Palm Beach, John spent fifteen years as the father of opposite sex twins, whom he raised single-handedly from the age of three. He is also a passionate sailor with a Viking-like attachment to a 40-year-old, well-traveled, New England-built sloop, s/v Vent d’Ete.

ELSI’s MONEY TIP/HACK of the Week – MTH #2:

    MTH #2: DOLLAR COST AVERAGING Dollar cost averaging is the practice of investing a fixed dollar amount on a regular basis, regardless of the share price. It’s a good way to develop a disciplined investing habit, be more efficient in how you invest and potentially lower your stress level—as well as your costs.  –Charles […]

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ELSI’s Money WORD/S OF THE DAY – January 11, 2024:

  Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) is a cryptocurrency, a virtual currency designed to act as money and a form of payment outside the control of any one person, group, or entity, thus removing the need for third-party involvement in financial transactions. It is rewarded to blockchain miners for verifying transactions and can be purchased on several exchanges. 

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ELSI Money WORD/s OF THE DAY- January 8, 2024:

  Compound Interest Compound interest is the interest on savings calculated on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods.   “Interest on interest,” or the power of compound interest, will make a sum grow faster than simple interest, which is calculated only on the principal amount. Compounding multiplies money at an accelerated

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ELSI Money QUOTE OF THE DAY – January 8, 2024

  You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it. ― Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III, known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.  –Wikipedia

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