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• What Financial Advice Would You Give Yourself at 16?

  

  For most people, the start of their financial life is probably around 16. That is when you can get a job, you start thinking about larger purchases like cars... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Are Your Parents Likely to Move In? If So, How Should You Prepare?

  

  Don’t look now, but if your parents are in their late fifties or sixties, chances are pretty good that they’ll be moving back home – to your home – in ten to... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Get Ready Millenials – Mom and Dad Are Coming Home, to Your Home

  

  Hey millennials, glad that those in your generation, who came home after college and stayed another ten years, are finally getting their own place. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Figuring Out How Much Money You Need to Save for Retirement

  

  Hopefully, you’ve heard the 4% rule, where you can withdraw about 4% of your retirement portfolio the first year of retirement and then increase that amount... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Biscuit Weave – A Cooking Failure

  

  Sometimes you get inspired in cooking and decide to try something new. I had two kids to feed on a Saturday morning, various jams in the refrigerator, and... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Do Soup Kitchens Need Volunteer Servers?

  

  Do you ever wonder why soup kitchens need people to volunteer to cook and serve the meals? If the real issue were just providing food to people who were just... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Rumors of Retailing’s Death Are Greatly Exagerated

  

  There is a difference between investing and speculating. With investing, you know that you are going to make money, and you can estimate the rate-of-return... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Would You Rather Have a Million Dollars, Or a New Car Every Three Years?

  

  Would you drive a used car until you were 55 if someone would pay you a million dollars to do so? Understand this doesn't mean driving a junker - just driving ... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why You Should Invest in Stocks

  

  Personal finance begins with budgeting and controlling your money. You need to make sure you are spending less than you make, putting money away for future... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is Amazon’s Deal for the Needy a Good Thing?

  

  Recently Amazon announced that they will offer Amazon Prime for a special discounted price for those on EBT cards: EBT card holders get Amazon Prime for $5.99... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Find A Broker and Start Investing

  

  If you're interested in investing, you've probably spent some time looking at different websites and blogs on how to invest, and you've probably found several... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• This Surprise Millionaire Wants You To Live A Long And Happy Life

  

  The Surprise Millionaires Whenever I think I have discovered all of the interesting Surprise Millionaires out there, I discover another! While all of our... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Small Investor Book Club Reviews Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing – Asset...

  

  For our second book club book, I asked Small Investor readers to read The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing . This was really a great book. If you have not... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What NFL Players Can Really Do to Help the Inner-Cities

  

  One has to wonder if the NFL players who are upsetting fans and driving down TV ratings ever took an economics class while they were in college. Perhaps then... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Comparing Returns Against the Markets

  

  This has definitely been a great time for stocks. Ever since the election in 2016, stocks have been heading up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Small Investor Book Club Reviews Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing –...

  Do you need a professional money manager? Chapter sixteen of The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing does a great job covering this question. A couple of months... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Fund Everything Without Filling Out Tax Forms

  

  A while back, probably right after I'd finished filling out my income tax forms for 2010, I made a post about a tax idea called the Fair Tax. The beauty of... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What Can Whites Learn from Blacks? And Why Would It Help?

  

  In an oped in our local newspaper, the writer stated that "white folks should learn to listen when black people speak." She then went onto gave her story of... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Small Investor Book Club Reviews Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing

  A couple of months ago I started The Small Investor Book Club, where we would read a book together and offer our thoughts in a later post. For our second book ... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Health Insurance Isn’t Working

  

  Health insurance is somewhat different from other forms of insurance. Really, what we call health insurance today is part insurance and part prepaid healthcare... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE