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• Tipping, from the Customer Perspective

  

  Chocolate Fondue Tipping is largely an American practice. Servers in Europe are paid more in their regular paycheck and as a result customers generally only... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• No Company 401k? No Problem!

  

  Photo by Oliver Sju00f6stru00f6m on Pexels.com So, maybe you work for a small employer who doesn’t offer a 401k or a pension plan. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Stock Pick Lists from The Small Investor

  

  Photo by Sarah Chai on Pexels.com One of the hardest things to do in individual stock investing is learning how to pick stocks. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Invest in High Inflation

  

  Photo by Shvets Anna on Pexels.com The last time the US saw really serious inflation was back in the early 1980’s. After several years of stagflation brought... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What is a Hedge Fund?

  

  Today we have a guest post by Chillznday, owner of Chronohistoria.com. He has a background in hedge funds and will provide an overview on how they work and who... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why the Debt-Free Dave Ramsey Snowball Works

  

  Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com I wrote a contributor post for Camp FIRE Finance back in 2018 that I was looking at again this week. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Safe Ways to Use Stock Options

  

  Stock options are a great way to lose lots of money. The old joke is that the way to make a million dollars in options is to start with $2 million. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is It a Good Time to Catch a Falling Knife?

  

  Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com Wall Street has a lot of sayings developed by traders who learned one lesson or another, usually after losing a great... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Effect of Looting and Riots on Cities

  

  For those businesses being forced to close, this is a government taking. The government is taking something of value (a successful business) for the benefit... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How (Most) Every 16 Year-Old with a Job Can Retire a Millionaire

  

  I was trying to sell copies of FIREd by Fifty and SmallIvy Book of Investing: Book1: Investing to Grow Wealthy at a craft fair yesterday. I was not finding any... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• It’s Time for the Public Sector to Follow the Private in Retirement Plans

  

  Let’s say that you went to a bed and breakfast, checked in, and went up to your room. The room was a mess with bed-clothes strewn on the floor, breakfast... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Lazy Investors Finish First

  

  Want to do better at investing? Get lazy! You don’t want to be a lazy worker since you’ll never see your income rise and you’ll be the first person laid off if... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Pandemic Response Provides a Rare Opportunity

  

  The government’s pandemic response, which has caused people to drop out of the workforce and wages to rise, offers an opportunity that we haven’t seen in 50... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Get The Book!

  The Surprise Millionaire provided stories of common people who secretly became millionaires through saving and investing through their lives as we promote on Th... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Do Things Cost So Much In Big Cities? It’s the Taxes.

  

  For those businesses being forced to close, this is a government taking. The government is taking something of value (a successful business) for the benefit... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How Do Index Funds Work?

  

  One of the first indexes (perhaps the first index) was what was to become the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA). This was created in 1884 by Charles Dow... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• We Bought a Luxury and Kept Our Money

  

  One of the issues with the FIRE lifestyle is that you need to give up many of the luxuries others around you are enjoying. These aren’t huge sacrifices, but it... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Become Financially Fit and Grow Wealthy

  

  Certainly, the first step to becoming financially fit is to start to budget. Once you plan where your money goes each month, rather than just seeing how things... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Hey Boss: Are You Using Your Employees Effectively?

  

  I have a lot of big ideas at work. I’m one of those people who thinks well beyond my cubicle walls. I think about ways that we can make our customers happier an... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• A Realization That Made Me a Much Better Investor: I Was Just Fooling Around

  

  From the age of 12 to about 38, I was fooling around in the stock market. I didn’t know I was fooling around, but I found out that I was after reading JD... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2021 BUSINESS, FINANCE