How to land a secure job

In this day and age, people are always talking about how bad the economy is and how it is making things difficult for them.  I’m not here to say that it isn’t, but to work towards the future.  The past has already happened and I can’t change any of that, but what I can do [...]

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Using mutual fund categories to develop dividends

If you have ever tried to get mutual funds, you probably ran into people asking what kind of mutual fund you wanted.  They probably brought up something like large cap and small cap.  If your not familiar with these terms, you probably didn’t get much of a definition either and just had them recommend something. [...]

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Portfolio check for the 4th quarter

Hey everyone, be sure to take some time and look at your financial position.  Especially since it’s just before all of the shopping is about to be done.  This year has actually come out pretty good for me in all of my stock choices.  Well, that would really be mutual funds and bonds.  I don’t [...]

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Discussing your finances

Since I just happen to be the world’s bet communicator and financial guru package all thrown into one ( don’t worry, I am definitely joking), I think we should spend some time talking about discussing finances with your significant other.  This just happens to be one of the big things that couples do fight about [...]

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Ideas when reviewing your financial positions

Alright, so after some thinking and looking at the market, I’ve come to the conclusion that right now is a great time to look at my holdings again.  There are lots of things to look at when you are reviewing your portfolio.  This will take a little bit of time, but really, don’t you think [...]

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How to prioritize your budget

My favorite part of almost every project is in planning.  I like to spend most of my time looking at my options, coming up with a great solution, and then putting it to work.  Planning is an extremely important part of your financial picture.  You also need to go back through your finances periodically and [...]

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Planning a 5 year plan

You’ve got to have a direction to go in your life.  A person without a direction is likened to a boat without a sail.  It goes where the wind takes it.  If your here reading about your personal finances and how to change them, then you have a goal to improve your financial life.  First [...]

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Imagine Making Money

The human imagination is a very powerful thing.  For hundreds and thousands of years people have imagined things that did or could not exist.  If those people could only jump forward in time to see where we are today, the world would blow them away. 

The thing that all of the inventors and other hard workers [...]

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Practice Investing makes good cents

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at investing in the stock market?  It can be quite intimidating for the first time, and especially when you are using your own money.  What would you do or try if you could just practice investing and not have to worry about losing real cash.  You could:

Try [...]

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11 Great 40 Dollar Investments

When you save money all the time you eventually have some money saved up.  So what do people do with all of that money.  I honestly believe that most people lose track of it unless they have a specific plan and set their money aside immediately.  Now on the other hand, what do you do [...]

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