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The Small Investor
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A blog providing investing techniques and wealth building strategies. This site is designed in particular for those in the middle class who would like to become wealthy. Also provides some analysis of economic theories and policy as it relates to wealth creation and quality of life.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1004 )
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How Much is a Life Worth
In What is Money, we discussed that Money is time. When you get a $20, you have in your hand a certificate for someone else’s time. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Compound Interest Works Against You In Debt
As discussed in the last post, compound interest is your friend when it comes to growing wealth. If you gain some cash through work and invest it, compounding... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Compound Interest Work Against You In Debt
As discussed in the last post, compound interest is your friend when it comes to growing wealth. If you gain some cash through work and invest it, compounding... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why is Compound Interest So Important to Your Finances
Today we go into the subject of compound interest, which can be your best friend when you’re saving and investing, but your worst enemy when you’re paying off... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
3 Critical Habits of Leaders People Want to Follow
This is a great article from Business Insider everyone will want to read. The best part is talking about how to provide positive feedback. People want to be abl... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Basics of Finance: What is Money?
Many studies, such as that by the National Financial Educators Conference, have shown that many young adults have a poor financial literacy. Read more
Posted on 25 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Get It In Writing and Get It Right!
A good reason to spend it all while you’re living. No, I’m just kidding. The Surprise Millionaires A word to the wise for all of you potential Surprise... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Recyclers Grow Poor. Reusers Grow Wealthy.
A hundred years ago, everyone was a reuser. When you bought things, you would usually take your own containers to haul them home, because you would often need t... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Recycling For Fun, Profit and Charity
As the Surprise Millionaires reminds us, growing wealth is more about how you use the resources you have than how much money you make. Read more
Posted on 22 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What’s in Your Family Financial Emergency Plan?
Today I was boxing up some old tax returns and sending them to the attic. Considering that I had some returns in my main “important things” paper box that... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What Factors to Use When Picking Stocks
Stock picking is an art fort that requires experience and an inherent feel for which companies will do well, but there are many factors that can be used to... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Place an Order to Buy Or Sell a Stock
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and buy your first individual stock. Now what? In order to place a stock order, it is important to learn the lingo of stock... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Go from a Budgetor to an Investor.
So you’ve paid off your credit card debt, paid off your car, and you’ve shifted to a 15-year mortgage that you’ll pay off in 12. Now you’re wondering, what’s... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
It’s Back to the Seventies for a Surprise Millionaire Moment!
If you do become wealthy, please don’t do as this man did. read about it on The Surprise Millionaires. The Surprise Millionaires Dateline 1972 – Nixon is in... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The ACA Was Terrible; the AHCP Even Worse
Those who are regular readers to this blog will know that I am not a fan of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a.Obamacare. Amazingly, the Republicans have... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What to Invest in with Your 401k
When investing your 401k money, it is critical to diversify, where you allocate your investments into different asset classes. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Do You Make Decisions to Be Rich Or Poor?
Most people think of the income spectrum as going from rich to poor. They also think of people who have mansions, exotic cars, and expensive clothes as rich. Read more
Posted on 04 March 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Raising Kids to Invest
I first got interested in investing from watching my father. Each day he would copy down the closing prices for his stocks from The Wall street Journal onto a... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What You Need to Know About a Fed Rate Increase
“Don’t fight the Fed.” Or so the old Wall Street saying goes. This refers to the Federal Reserve, the conglomeration of bank executives who hold a huge amount o... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Love Letter to the American Press
Dear American Press, You have always been an important part of my life. From a young age I remember sitting at the breakfast bar in our house, reading through... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE