Four Reasons You Need An Online High-Yield Saving Account
Thought about opening an online high-yield saving account but weren't too sure? Here's four reasons why you need one.
Using Your 401K to Fund a Startup
If you didn’t realize it, you can tap the money in your 401k to help fund your startup. There are two main ways to do so: as a participant...
The FTC Puts a Stop to a Phony Payday Loan Broker
Try to avoid payday loans or, if you can’t, try to make sure you’re getting one from a legitimate broker.
How To Choose A Mutual Fund As A New Investor
So, you have decided that it is time to get involved with investing, but the landscape looks pretty daunting. After all, there are thousands of mutual funds and seemingly just...
What’s it Mean if Housing is the New Stock Market
If housing is Now Like the Stock Market, what does it mean? Everybody has been writing about the financial meltdown just a few years ago, it seems, but not...
Stock Bubble Or Nice Bull Market?
Well, of course, if one knew the answer to that then making money in the markets would be easy. There is an old saying on Wall Street that bull markets...
Housing Starts and Permits Weak Ahead of Fed Decision
A slowdown in multi-family activity put a drag on U.S. housing starts as the indicator increased less than expected, according to the New Residential Construction Report. Total housing starts, which...
Free Real Estate Investment Lessons
There is a lot of faulty real estate advice out there, here are some simple real estate investment lessons you should know.
Consumer Price Index Up 0.1 Percent in August
At 0.1 percent, the Consumer Price Index increased less than expected in August—the slowest pace in three months, after rising 0.2 percent in July. The Labor Department also reports that...
Two-Thirds of US Workers Would Continue to Work After Winning the Lottery
Recently Gallup completed their survey on whether or not people would return to the work after winning $10 Million in the lottery. The survey has been conducted several times since...
Lower Income Earners Most Fearful of Layoffs
A recent Gallup poll has shown that across the board people are more worried now about their job security than they were 5 years ago. The worry is up...
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Odds Againist Vegas and ‘Hot’ Cities
Demand creates ever higher prices. This is always true when there’s an incredible number of investors buying and buying more property. Then, there’s the hype or publicity...
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Be On The Lookout For Closed-End Fund Bargains
With all of the Washington turmoil of late (ok, maybe years would be more accurate) and the massive debts being incurred, many people have been surprised by the stock (and bond)...
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For Women Only
If you ask me why I think this blog is for men, I really don’t have an easy answer. Maybe because I think of do-it-yourself men wearing tool belts strapped to their waists as...
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Start Investing With The Big, Expensive Brokerage Firms
No, I am not kidding, even a little. As I noted in my last post, there is a large population of people that know they should be investing, but thus far have not done so. The...
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Closed-End Funds–Safe Leverage?
There are many different ways to invest, from stocks, bonds, ETF’s and plain old mutual funds. But there is a neglected corner of the investment universe that may soon be worth...
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Many People Want Investment Help: Here’s How To Get It
The investing industry does endless surveys to try and figure out how to get new clients and they all come back with more or less the same answers. Those already investing are, to...
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