<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:37:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@rpren/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Life of a Business Owner?]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’ve spent years building your business. It started small and grew in leaps and bounds. You added staff, new products, and services. The future looked bright. Speedbumps you met on the road you overcame]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-life-of-a-business-owner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-life-of-a-business-owner</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:07:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur? Or Business Owner?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last couple of weeks I have been doing some soul searching. If you’ve read my introductory article, you will recall that my professional development has been less than stellar. And most definitely]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/entrepreneur-or-business-owner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/entrepreneur-or-business-owner</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Market’s Only Goal Is To Inflict The Largest Amount Of Pain On The Largest Number Of Participants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Markets traditionally snooze during the summer months of July and August. In Europe, everyone who is anyone in the financial markets leaves for the south of France, Greece or Spain (although this year]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-market-s-only-goal-is-to-inflict-the-largest-amount-of-pain-on-the-largest-number-of-participants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-market-s-only-goal-is-to-inflict-the-largest-amount-of-pain-on-the-largest-number-of-participants</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:00:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back To The Future Of Price Controls?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the key features of the last two and a half years has been rising prices across the globe. It started with the price of financial assets like stock markets and crypto as investors were pushed out]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/back-to-the-future-of-price-controls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/back-to-the-future-of-price-controls</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2ri7VFFfk8Fek2AEWr3xVTej9g8Jt9KUag63sfhcUpQo1deEJs3XxftRu2aRch4LKYsAsB6fVGuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Crystal Ball Gazing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global financial markets are still adjusting to the last 14 years of extraordinary monetary policies. These extraordinary policies were instigated by the world’s central banks in 2008 to combat the Global]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/some-crystal-ball-gazing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/some-crystal-ball-gazing</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:24:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bull Goes Up The Stairs. The Bear Goes Out The Window.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At university I studied Economics. It was a Bachelor of Science degree course, meaning it required studying mathematics and statistics. As a result, I have just enough knowledge of both, to be regarded]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-bull-goes-up-the-stairs-the-bear-goes-out-the-window</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/the-bull-goes-up-the-stairs-the-bear-goes-out-the-window</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Often Should You Buy Crypto?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dollar Cost Averaging Revisited In an earlier article I looked at the level of risk, defined as volatility, associated with investing in crypto compared to more conventional investments such as equities]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/how-often-should-you-buy-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/how-often-should-you-buy-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:10:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgov1vUzRuSBFxfTuT4T1UH1EmGmmckuoipriuQdSi8A5XQkysKLLyDBzakyGKLma3xaUm7AYGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Crypto Really Riskier Than Traditional Investments?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Foray Into Conventional Investment Wisdom Reading @hitmeasap’s post on "How Often Should You Buy And Sell Crypto" got me thinking about investment strategies usually employed when buying]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/is-crypto-really-riskier-than-traditional-investments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/is-crypto-really-riskier-than-traditional-investments</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:48:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNhoRs8xYKcKZxL1HR52GjXxzbXoMGTkEuTX1kTqATa6To2xBSqk3v4yLffygMz5aTBT1TSNcujRm4BJpwzaJH5vTydBeX8uTzyJ2UKRmjwYsSoCJJ39abRoNnzLgjDutLZFLGANy5g3RJfd14A2BP1ukTaukZW4zwHyxQv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a banker. And I walked away.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I had to. I was fired. Technically, I was early retired. But the result was the same. Why am I telling you all this? In his excellent post, How to make money blogging on Hive, @forexbrokr introduces]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/i-was-a-banker-and-i-walked-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/i-was-a-banker-and-i-walked-away</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 10:12:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Should Study Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Failure is a fascinating topic to study. The question as to why previously successful companies, and successful people for that matter, fail is incredibly insightful. The reasons companies and people succeed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@rpren/why-we-should-study-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@rpren/why-we-should-study-failure</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rpren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:15:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>