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• Personal Finance Concepts You Should Know – Concept 3: Insurance

  

  Understanding insurance it critical for managing your finances. Some insurance products just aren’t worth the price. Others are critical to have during differen... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Generation Y and Health Insurance

  

  Generation Y has gotten a bad rap, and it really isn’t deserved. OK, the students protesting for free tuition and a $15 minimum wage on campus obviously... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Personal Finance Concepts You Should Know – Concept 2: Investment Risk

  

  Understanding and using risk to your advantage is how you maximize your investment returns while still making sure you have the money you’ll need to eat next... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Personal Finance Concept You Should Know – Concept 1: Compound Interest

  

  Many people leave home without knowing many key personal finance concepts. This may because their parents don’t discuss them, or maybe because finances are not... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Don’t Let Other People Spend Your Money

  Probably one of the biggest factors that keeps us from saving and investing is other people. Everyone will talk about how great it is when you go on a diet or... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Choose a Broker and Get Started in Investing

  

  If you’ve followed along so far, we’ve gone through getting your life in financial order so that you can start investing, found money in your budget and set it... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Free College? Not Possible. But Things Could Be Better

  

  “Come and Take It” Flag from Revolutionary War I can sympathize with the students involved in the Million Student March. College costs are very high. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Use a Target Date Fund

  

  The idea of investing is that you increase risk when you have a long time to wait, then decrease risk when you have less time. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Much Will You Need to Save for Retirement?

  

  Determining how much you’ll need for retirement is really fairly straightforward. You simply figure out how much you’ll need in the way of yearly income during... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How’s This for a Retirement Plan?

  

  Psst. Come over here. Do I have a plan for you! How about you give me $7,800 per year, adjusted for inflation each year, for all of the years that you are... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The SmallIvy Book of Investing Electronic Version on Sale

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1: Investing to Grow Wealthy In case you haven’t gotten the opportunity to read The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Do I Make Money From Stock Investing?

  

  Dear SmallIvy, Thank you for your website! I’m new to the stock market in investing in different companies. Today I see over a three-week period that I’ve made ... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Enter Stock Orders Like a Pro – Learn the Terminology

  

  If you want to trade like a pro, you need to learn the different types of orders when buying or selling a stock. Believe it or not, there is a lot of different... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Would You Give Up Social Security to Set Your Children Free?

  

  The returns on Social Security are dismal. Spend just a little time with an interest rate calculator and you’ll find that you should be getting five to ten time... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Get Ready for Retirement Without a 401k

  

  People are funny when it comes to saving for retirement, college, and medical care. For whatever reason, they allow the arbitrary limits set by the government o... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Should I Invest Through Mutual Funds, Or Buy Individual Stocks Directly?

  

  Most financial planners will tell individuals to always use mutual funds, and in many cases, they are right. If you look at the returns of the average mutual... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Choosing Investment Choices That Are Right for You

  

  Following down the steps to investing, we’ve reached Step 6: Learn the investment choices that are right for you. Choosing the right investments involves your... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Simple Ways to Invest a Large Inheritance

  

  After years of just getting by and generally ignoring anything financial or investment related, your parents pass away and leave you with more money than... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Who Would Pay a $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage?

  

  In the past I’ve provided an analysis of why places like McDonald’s couldn’t pay $15 per hour to everyone. There I showed that if you took the entire profit... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Answers to the Quiz

  Answers to the financial quiz from the last post: 1. Which of the following investments is most risky if held for six months. a) A money market account b) 100... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE