In my previous article, I touched on the importance of each investor’s opportunity cost when it comes to the discount rate (link to the article is here). One of the questions I received was how to go ...

An opportunity cost is a benefit that an individual or business forgoes because they made one decision instead of another. In other words, opportunity cost could be described with the acronym COMO: ...

We all know small spending habits add up, but they might add up more than you think. It’s easy enough to come up with a monthly calculation of how much we spend on a pack of cigarettes or a cup of ...

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Whether it means investing in one stock over another or simply opting to study for a big math exam instead of meeting a friend for pizza, opportunity cost pervades every facet of life. That’s because ...

Costing is often a very confusing and frustrating topic with its standard costs, variable costs, fixed costs, marginal costs, budgeted costs, actual costs, relevant costs, etc. Why compound the ...

Quartz’s Ritchie King did some excellent reporting this morning, producing the infographic of the day: “The line for new iPhones vs the line for cronuts, opens new tab”. The line for new iPhones is ...

Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and ...

Opportunity cost is the missed gain from not choosing a better option. Calculating future investment opportunity costs is complex and not always precise. Consider opportunity costs to optimize ...