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• Are You Winning with Money?

  Recently I’ve been engaged in a debate with a reverse mortgage advocate on whether reverse mortgages are a great way to provide money for retirement or an... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What is Value Investing?

  There are two main investing styles – momentum investing and value investing. Momentum investing is investing in growth. Finding stocks that are growing fast,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 is Starting to Sell

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 BUY A COPY It has gotten a slow start, but The SmallIvy Book of Investing is starting to see some sales. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Invest in a Self-Directed IRA

  In Individual Retirement Account, or IRA, is a great way to save for retirement. Depending on your income, the type of IRA (Roth or traditional) and other... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Recognize a Cyclical Stock

  Cyclical companies don’t fit with the Serious Investing Strategy recommended elsewhere on this blog since they are not long-term holdings. I therefore mainly... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Recognizing Different Types of Stocks

  Companies come in all different types. There are new companies that have no earnings but lots of potential. There are stodgy old companies that have no plans... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Capitalism and The Office Microwave Revisited

  A couple of years ago I wrote a post called “Capitalism and the office Microwave,” which read as follows: While you may not realize it, if you work in a mid to... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Cash Flow To Become a Future Millionaire.

  The difference between people who will become wealthy is really a matter of cash flow – how your paycheck flows through your hands and gets spent or saved.... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Excuses Are Like, Well…. Are Excuses Keeping You in Poverty?

  Every so often I write a post about the type of sacrifices one needs to make to stay out of debt and become wealthy. I then get a comment back saying that the... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The SmallIvy Book of Investing More Than 30% Off

  

  The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1 BUY A COPY The SmallIvy Book of Investing, Book 1: Investing to Grow Wealthy is on sale for more than 30% off the origina... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Want to Start Investing? Change Your Mindset from Saving

  Investing requires you think differently than you did when you were saving money. With saving you can predict exactly how much money you will have in the future. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Start a 401K

  So you’ve just started the new job and the HR department handed you a form to start a 401K account. Many people miss the old pension systems where all you did... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Stock Trading, Spectulating, and Investing

  Today I wanted to discuss the differences among trading, speculating, and investing. Investing, the topic to which this blog is dedicated, is the allocation of... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Auto Parts Industry Looking Up

  

  Sometimes I get an issue of Value Line and one of the industrial sectors strikes me because there are a lot of companies in that industry that have high... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Eliminate Tips? Only If You’re A Bad Server

  People in the customer service industry, such as food servers, have the ability to affect their pay through the level of service they provide. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• $8 Bottles of Water? Really?

  

  $8 Bottles of Water Last week we stayed at a hotel in San Antonio, right next to the Alamo. It is a great walking town with the River Walk, Children’s museum,... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Carry Buckets Until You Retire When You Can Invest?

  Are you a bucket carrier? Do you work hard each day, being convinced that the only way to make money is to work hard, and yet end up each month with little to... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• If You Need Cash in Retirement, Sell Your Home and Downgrade. Skip the Reverse...

  

  The pitch for reverse mortgages goes like this: “Need a little extra cash for daily expenses, travel, and prescriptions? Use the equity in your home. Call... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Cyclical Stocks, Or How To Make Money By Really, Really Trying

  Normally I talk about how to make money in the market – a way of investing I call “Serious Investing.” Serious investing takes very little effort because you bu... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Finding Stocks That Will Do Well Over The Long Term

  

  Stock picking is more of an art than a science. Just as a good chef will put in “just enough” wine into a dish or know when something “looks done” a good stock... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 BUSINESS, FINANCE