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The website Investopedia lists 20 different types of investments you could make, though all are certainly not necessary in order to create financial independence. The problem in this world is that too many of us think we know something when all we really have is a loose grasp on the topic. The following information should [...]
They say there’s nothing new under the sun and everything comes around again. Perhaps nowhere is the truism of these statements seen more than in the growing number of young workers choosing to eschew the lure of the corporate world and dream of a corner office in exchange for a return to the land. But [...]
The government, Federal Reserve, Wall Street, and their willing accomplices in the media would have you believe that funding and maintaining a savings account is the way to get ahead in America. The scary truth is that those who fall for this line of government BS are doomed to a life of decreasing wealth. The [...]
Just because you’re young doesn’t mean you have to be stupid too. Whether or not the phrase “useful idiots” was ever actually uttered or written by Vladimir Lenin, former Communist revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union, is open to some debate. What isn’t in question is the susceptibility of the younger generation to [...]
There is one way to insure that you’ll never get ahead in this world, and that is to rely on the government for your lifestyle. To us, it seems that this should be one of those self-evident truths but it appears that a number of Americans have trouble wrapping their brain around this concept. What [...]
With the stock market crashing down around our heads yet again, and the job market so far south it has to look up to see the equator, let’s take time out to address an issue that might help you put together a resume that gets you hired in the unlikely event there ever actually are [...]
Mention call and put options and you can watch eyes begin to glaze over around the room. Option trading is an entire world to it’s own but, if you have at least a moderate ability to understand the stock market, you should be able to wrap your mind around how to integrate a put option [...]
Most of us don’t have the luxury of starting out life with a Trumpian salary. Heck, Donald Trump didn’t start out with Trump-sized salary. A key to successful investing though, is to find something in your budget – anything, even $25 a month – and use it to get started. When we say “investing” what [...]
Before you young investors out there get too excited about the surging stock values of technology companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, and a handful of others, keep in mind that we’ve been here before. The chances of a serious shakeout at some point is very high, and this shakeout is liable to leave a few [...]
It may not seem like earth-shattering news but investment adviser, Charles Schwab, now has a Twitter account. Check out @SchwabMoneyWise if you don’t believe us. But why on earth are we wasting time telling you about it and, furthermore, was it even worth the miniscule exertion of effort it took to type these words? We [...]
