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• How to Buy Your First Stock with $2,000

  

  The first thing you should do when starting a new job is to open a 401K account if you can. (If not, there are probably other, similar options such as a 403b... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Get Some Plastic Out of Your Life to Improve Your Finances

  

  You’re probably thinking this is a post explaining how using your credit cards less will cause you to save more money. Certainly using credit less (or not at... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Select Your First Stock Or Invest with $2,000

  

  Dear Smallivy, Ask Small Ivy In your 4th February 2013 you wrote: “​If you are willing to learn to invest in individual stocks, $2000 is enough to buy... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Never File Taxes Again

  

  “Come and Take It” Flag from Revolutionary War How would you like to never need to file taxes again? Never save a receipt. Never worry about making a... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• If You’re Going to Take the Risk and Buy Individual Stocks, Buy More

  Today’s post is a repeat of a popular post. I wanted to give those new to the blog a chance to read it. One of the best pieces of advice I ever got in a book... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Perfecting Pancakes

  

  OK, so why is a finance blog writing about cooking? Well, one of the biggest drains on a family income is eating out. Even buying prepackaged meals is... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Tame Your Credit Cards

  

  Generally, credit cards and personal finance don’t mix. There are many reasons: Credit cards allow you to get into debt. Credit cards have usurious interest... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Should You Buy Dividend Paying Stocks?

  

  In stock investing, it really all comes down to dividends. Either dividends that the companies you own currently pay, or dividends they may pay in the future. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Poisonous Debt

  

  There is probably no good debt, although some people may debate and say that a home mortgage is a good debt because it allows you to stop paying money to rent... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A New Theme for the Small Investor Blog

  

  When I started this blog about five years ago, my plan was to teach people how to invest and manage their cash flow to allow them to become financially... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Kiosks Are Here!

  

  McKiosk? I was reading a stat this weekend that one in three working people were in a union in 1970 but only one in ten are now. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Seven Simple Financial Truths

  

  In America, we see places like Detroit that should stand as lessons on why Socialism does not work, and yet they seem to go ignored. Detroit has been under... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Simple Way to Save Thousands on Your Mortgage

  

  Perhaps one of the hardest things to understand is an amortization schedule. In setting up a mortgage people talk about things like points, prepaid interest,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Retirement Around the Corner? Get Ready Now.

  Financial planning for someone who is 22 is fairly easy. It is a bit like planning for a job loss you know you’ll have five years in the future. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Plan to Stop Bullying in Schools

  

  In Bullying has a New Face, I discussed the issue of bullying and how, particularly in this digital age when bullies can come right into your children’s rooms,... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Saving and Investing for Retirement Starting at Age 45

  

  Here’s a neat trick to determine how much money you’ll have in 20 years if you invest it in diversified, low-cost stock mutual funds: Take the amount that you... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Bullying Has a New Face, But Schools Still Stand By

  

  Today’s post will be very different from other posts on this blog because I’m in a very different mood. We are losing our neighbors because they’re moving... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Millennial 401K Investing

  

  Companies have finally started getting better with how they enroll new workers in retirement savings plans, which are commonly called 401K plans. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Opportunity of Bear Markets

  

  People are funny when it comes to investing. If they were to go into a store and see a rack of slacks half off the normal price, they would pick of two or... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What Would Things Cost in a Socialist America?

  

  Under a free enterprise system, given enough competition, the prices of things will naturally find their minimum, which is the smallest amount for which people... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE