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• Dollar Cost Averaging – the Improved Version

  Dollar Cost Averaging is a common technique for investing that will result in better results than simply buying all at once much of the time. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Where to Invest $1,000, $10,000, Or $100,000 Today

  Money magazine periodically has an issue where they discuss what to do with $1,000, $10,000, or $100,000. I’m always surprised by some of the suggestions,... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Better Plan for Fixing Health Insurance

  As the Affordable Care Act is being rolled out in drips and drabs, and having portions delayed to avoid angering voters right before critical elections, it is... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Find Income Producing Stocks

  When a company becomes mature, a smaller percentage of profits must be reinvested to fund research, growth of the company, and marketing. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Cooking Great Bacon

  

  Making Bacon Today I have another post on basic cooking skills. Learning to cook at home is an important skill if you want to be able to grow wealthy since... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Generating Income for Retirement Expenses When Interest Rates Are Low

  This is the second post in a series on investing in retirement to generate income. The series starts here. The traditional way to generate income in retirement... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Want to Get the Kids Out of the House? Maybe Start Them with a Starter Portfolio.

  

  Many families expect to continue to support their adult children through college and often beyond. The norm is to pay for their tuition, rent, utilities, food,... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Fundamental Economic Principles of Wages

  There is a growing movement to create what is called a “living wage,” essentially a high minimum wage that would allow someone to raise a family of four while... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Invest a One Million Dollars Nest Egg

  So you have a million dollars and you want to make it last rather than blowing it all on stuff. Good plan! But how do you invest all of that new-found wealth... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Much Money Do You Need to Get Started in Stocks?

  

  If you don’t want to start a business, investing is the key to growing wealthy. And equities are a great way to invest because they are one of the few... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is Having Adult Children at Home Really That Bad?

  The United States has always been a country of independence. Adult children would normally leave home to go to college or to work at the age of 18 (or even at 1... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is a Cell Phone a Need?

  I’ve been reading through an article in Money on parents supporting their adult children well into their twenties and sometimes thirties. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Not Create a Tax Credit for Charitable Giving?

  

  Certainly there are people who legitimately need charity. There are people like craftsmen who are injured in ways such as the loss of limbs that prevents them... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What Kind of Return Can I Get From Stocks and Mutual Funds?

  

  Yearly Returns for the Vanguard Mid-Cap and Small-Cap Indices, from Prospectus Certainly you can get much better returns from stocks and mutual funds than you... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Getting Better Returns from Your 401K and Mutual Fund Portfolio

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 BUY A COPY, only $10.90 In Mutual Fund Investing Isn’t That Hard – Get Over It I discussed the big mistakes that investor... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Mutual Fund Investing Isn’t That Hard. Get Over It.

  In listening to advertisements from financial advisers, you would think that if you don’t select just the right funds for your 401K you will retire a pauper. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What is a Blue Chip Stock?

  Blue chip stocks are large companies that dominate the industry they are in. These are household names that are in virtually every mutual fund and portfolio. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Things You Wouldn’t Need to Do with the Fair Tax

  

  Promoters of the Fair Tax point to things like the ability to collect your entire paycheck instead of having a portion withdrawn for taxes before you see it. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Cashing In on Retirement

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 BUY A COPY In this month’s Money magazine there is an article by Penelope Wang about how much cash you should have as... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Learning Investing from My Father

  Many families never talk about money (or sex), seeing the subjects as taboo for discussion between the generations. Schools have taken on the responsibility of... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE