How to buy a house

There are many reasons that people choose to look for a new house.  Those reasons can range from getting a new job to just wanted a vacation home somewhere or something in between.  When you decide to start looking for a house there a few good simple steps on what you need to do. This [...]

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Is your bank changing?

You might want to start reading the letters that your bank has been sending you.  After reading this article on the new bank regulations at Fox News, it’s apparent that banks will not be able to charge for certain things. 

Anytime a business is forced to pay more money, or in this instance barred from an income stream.  [...]

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Stock Market Game

So I have this stock market game set up for people to come check out and practice buying and selling stocks and see how things feel. You can learn a lot more about saving for retirement and making good choices by actually trying things out.

Please join in the game and spend some time learning [...]

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Goals for Practicing Saving

With this chance to start practicing ideas for saving. I have started practicing some of my own ideas that I haven’t done with actual money yet. For example you can look at what other people are purchasing which can help give others good ideas. Please use this resource to it’s full potential [...]

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Come practice saving for Retirement with me!

I have set up a practice game at VirtualStockExchange.com that is going to last throughout the entire year of 2010. This is a great way for people to start learning and finding out how buying and selling and saving for retirement work.

I am really excited to get people together to learn and try out [...]

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Now is a good time to take a look at your position

So the great thing about black friday is that now that all the companies are getting into the black you can expect some changes in the stock market. There is a good chance that stocks are going to increase, but the date that you want to look for is I believe dec 4th, I’ll [...]

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A little thought on the Roth IRA vs tax deferred

So I have been talking to my coworkers today about making sure that they start saving for retirement. As a firefighter for the city, I am automatically saving 7% into a pension plan. Many guys actually think that this is going to be enough money to retire on.

I was told by other employees [...]

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Planting the seed of a Money Tree

Today is going to be a talk about an analogy that I believe is an excellent representation of understanding the basics of investing and what influences exist. Lets talk about a persons investment portfolio in the sense of a tree. From beginning to end you go from a seed and dirt to a [...]

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Don't get stuck in a rut!

I find that many people will find something that works and stick with it. This is good for many things in life and there are some financial products that are similar, but when it comes to investing this is not the case. Investing involves putting your money into an extremely dynamic environment that [...]

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An Investing Business Plan

Alright so we’ve worked a little bit on a personal budget, now lets get back to investing. If you don’t know where your going then wherever you end up is fine. This is a horrible thought if you plan to invest. You need a plan, and I like to think of it [...]

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