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• Determining Your Retirement Goal and How You’re Doing in Saving for Retirement

  Saving for retirement can seem daunting. It seems impossible to save up the millions of dollars that will be needed for you to live a comfortable and secure... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Should Solar Panel Users Pay a Fee for Reverse Meters?

  

  There are stories going around about big utilities and solar panel users that go something like this: Solar panels are getting cheaper, which is causing big... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Subsidies Are Bad, Especially for the Middle Class

  

  The Small Investor It’s a simple idea: Everybody needs something. Some people can’t afford it. Let’s subsidize then so that they can afford it. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Most Shared Small Investor Posts by Site

  One neat thing about blogging with WordPress is the stats they provide. (I’m sure other blogging sites also provide stats – I just know WordPress, having blogge... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Putting First Things First. How to Budget Your Way to Success

  People who are poor with money management and who end up at retirement without sufficient resources, despite having had a full successful career, put luxuries... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Before You Start Whining About the Size of Your College Loan

  I need to say, after hearing about the crushing debt with which today’s graduates are exiting college, I’m sick. No, I don’t feel sick because of their plight. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The SmallIvy Watch List

  Searching around for investments when you have cash burning a hole in your pocket is a little like going to the grocery store when you’re hungry – not a good... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Low Expectations is the Most Significant Barrier

  

  Let’s say four people are dropped into the jungle. One person is dropped next to a road. The second is dropped way out in the middle of nowhere, 100 miles from... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• 7 Reasons It’s Stupid to Buy an Electric Car

  

  I am certainly not part of the Green movement, unless it is green money, but I do believe in protecting the environment. I want clean air and clean water. I wan... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Unless You’re Already Financially Independent, You Really Need Life Insurance

  

  If you’re reading this blog, you probably need life insurance. I’m assuming that you’re reading this blog because you are in the middle class and you don’t... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why (Index) Mutual Funds Are More Likely Than Individual Stocks to Provide...

  In Using Investing to Build Up Cash for Large Purchases it was recommended that mutual funds be used instead of individual stocks to build up money for an... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Find the Best Schools – Find the Rocket Scientists

  

  An important consideration when buying a house is the school district in which the house is located. Homes in areas with great schools sell for more and there i... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Using Investing to Build Up Cash for Large Purchases

  

  // <![CDATA[ // ]]> My question for you is two-fold; I want to put a down payment on a cheap investment property condo in order to start building... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Spices You Need to Start Your Pantry

  

  More spices than you need One of the best ways to save money for investing is to learn to cook and cook most meals at home. For a family of four, just skipping ... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Get Serious About Your Investing

  A central theme in The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1: Investing to Grow Wealthy is a strategy that I call serious investing. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Invest a $50,000 Lump Sum.

  So somehow you ended up with a large sum of money, maybe $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 or even a quarter million dollars. Maybe you got an inheritance, cashed in... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Create the Budget of the Wealthy – Creating a Cash Flow Plan

  

  If you want to become wealthy, you need to manage money like wealthy people do. As Robert Kiyosaki explains in his book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, people who are... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Raising the Minimum Wage Will Not Cure Poverty – A Simple Example

  

  I’ve written several blog posts explaining the economics of why raising the minimum wage will cause a great deal of pain for those in minimum wage jobs. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Move Up Out of the Middle Class

  In the last article I discussed what it takes to move from poverty into the middle class. The biggest thing needed was a change of attitude. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Stop Being Poor.

  I’ve been reading quite a bit about poverty lately. Here I am only referring to poverty in first world countries where there is the capability to move into the... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 BUSINESS, FINANCE