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Promoters of the Fair Tax point to things like the ability to collect your entire paycheck instead of having a portion withdrawn for taxes before you see it.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

• Readership for the Small Investor

  August was the best month to date for the Small Investor – Thank You! With over 4000 views and many new people discovering the site and subscribing, things are... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Where Will Our Model Family Be in 10 Years? 20 Years?

  To quote AC/DC, it “ain’t no fun waiting ’round to be a millionaire.” It seems that when you’re putting money away that you are getting nowhere for a long time. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Saving for Retirement, and Life Before That

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 BUY A COPY In the last post, Are You Saving Too Much for Retirement? How to Tell if You Are “Retirement Poor,” I discusse... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Are You Saving Too Much for Retirement? How to Tell If You Are “Retirement Poor.”

  People who have a big home with an equally big mortgage, such that they have little left over each month after paying their mortgage payment are said to be... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Who Would Want to Retire with One Million Dollars?

  

  Money magazine this month has an article titled “How to Reach One Million Dollars” where it goes into all of the myths told about reaching a million dollars... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Best Ways to Invest $10,000

  So you got a big bonus or sold something and now you have $10,000 to invest somewhere. Or maybe you are just looking to get started in investing and have saved... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why the Affordable Care Act is Different from Other Government Programs

  Proponents of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA have been surprised by the rise of vocal opponents and continued resistance to the law. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Does College Cost So Much Money? Small Ivy’s Big Idea #1

  

  College tuition costs have been rising at greater than the cost of inflation for some time now. At state universities, some of the reason for this is that state... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Sacrifices Needed for Financial Independence

  

  You may think from reading posts from personal finance bloggers that you need to be an extreme cheap skate who uses the plies from two-ply toilet paper... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Homemade Biscuits and Sausage

  Going to the fast food place for a sausage biscuit in the morning can get expensive, especially if you factor in the time and gas. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE