Financial Investing
Here you will find posts and articles on investing in stocks, mutual funds, IRA’s etc.
Designing a Budget Around Your Take-Home Income
Have you ever found yourself wondering where all the money has gone and its not the end of the month? There are things we can do to help ourselves eliminate being in this situation. Listed below are the steps you may follow, along with a brief discussion of each: Read more…
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Mortgage Free In 15 Years!
Imagine paying your mortgage off in 15 years! Think of all the great things you could do with that extra money. What would you do? Retire early? Buy an R.V.? Travel around the world? If you could eliminate your mortgage in half the time, then your options would be wide open. Read more…
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The Tortoise and the Hare-The Modern Version
No doubt you are familiar with Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare. In case you aren’t, let me sum it up for you: The Hare challenges the Tortoise to a race, which the Tortoise accepts. The race begins and the Hare lazes around (because he knows he can outrun the Tortoise any day) while the Tortoise begins his slow progress to the finish line. When the Tortoise is close to winning the race, the Hare begins running for dear life, vainly hoping to beat the Tortoise. The Tortoise’s victory is often described as “Slow and steady wins the race.” Read more…
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An Emergency Fund: Your First Line Of Defense
Downsizing, rightsizing, forced retirement, layoffs, firings, outsourcing, and being made redundant.All could mean the same thing to you: financial catastrophe. Read more…
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One of the Wisest Investments You’ll Ever Make
If you think this is about stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, jewels, etc., you’re wrong! All of these can be good investments, but your children are the wisest investment you’ll ever make. Read more…
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Money – The Ultimate Team Sport
Money – The Ultimate Team Sport by Chemain Evans Imagine if you will that you are NASCAR driver. (Now don’t overextend this metaphor-just go with the flow!) Read more…
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Why Do We Always Fight About Money?
Two of the keys to financial success, especially in a couple’s relationship, are knowledge and communication. This article focuses on the aspect of communication. Read more…
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The Top 10 Reasons to Invest in Mutual Funds
Everyone who follows the financial news has heard of mutual funds and knows the stock market has generally risen (with various ups-and-downs) for over 200 years. In fact, by most measures, the stock market has made more money for more people, and done it more reliably, than any other investment over the past 100 years! If you want to accumulate substantial wealth, you must include stocks in your investments! Read more…
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The Top 10 Steps to Becoming a Millionaire
There is perhaps no more important decision than to take charge of your own financial future. We live in a world of opportunity, and yet most Americans are buried in credit card and other debt. We are surrounded by people who are getting rich, but most of us are running in place. If you can read this, you are literate, have a computer, you are part of the “wired generation”. Read more…
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Number of Millionaires is on the Rise
Some 3.5 million U.S. households are estimated to be worth $1 million or more, according to figures from the Affluent Market Institute. That represents 3.5 percent of all households. Read more…
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How Would You Spend One Million?
What would you do if you had a million dollars? How would you spend it and on what would you spend it. Take this test and find out. Read more…
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