Michael Vodicka is the president and founder of the Vodicka Group Inc., a registered investment advisor (RIA) that specializes in providing customized investment solutions to individual and institutional investors. Before becoming a small business owner and entrepreneur, he developed fixed-income investment strategies for a multi-billion dollar brokerage firm and spent five years as an equity portfolio manager for a private investment research company. Mike graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in business communications and is a licensed investment advisor (Series 65). He loves sharing his passion for the market and investing with clients and readers alike.
When I first began my career at the Chicago Board of Trade, I felt like a newly hatched alligator... Read More
When I first began my career at the Chicago Board of Trade, I felt like a newly hatched alligator being released into the wild. I was swimming around much bigger and more experienced animals that... Read More
Interest rates are at record lows across the globe. In the United States, the S&P 500 offers a... Read More
Interest rates are at record lows across the globe. In the United States, the S&P 500 offers a dividend yield of around 2%, barely enough to keep up with record low levels of inflation.... Read More
Normally this kind of information is kept secret. But due to regulatory requirements for its... Read More
Normally this kind of information is kept secret. But due to regulatory requirements for its initial public offering (IPO), this company was forced to reveal its shocking record. From 2009 to 2013, a... Read More
The year 2004 was one of the most exciting times of my life. The future looked bright. That was the... Read More
The year 2004 was one of the most exciting times of my life. The future looked bright. That was the year I beat out hundreds of candidates to enter an exclusive bond-trading program for a... Read More
I remember buying my first car back in 1999. I had just graduated from the University of Kansas. At... Read More
I remember buying my first car back in 1999. I had just graduated from the University of Kansas. At the time, I was thrilled about getting what I thought was an excellent interest rate of... Read More
Interest rates are at record lows across the globe. In the U.S., the S&P 500 offers a dividend... Read More
Interest rates are at record lows across the globe. In the U.S., the S&P 500 offers a dividend yield of around 2%, barely enough to keep up with record low levels of inflation. Fixed-income... Read More