If you have been hanging around at this Personal Finance Blog very long, you may remember my 2009 Top 10 Personal Finance Tips posted in Jan. of last year.
Personally, I thought that was one of my finest posts (if I do say so myself). But alas, I only received 18 comments…not nearly as many as the [...]
Links and websites can be forged. So when you click a link in an email that claims to be from a bank or credit card company, how do you know it’s taking you where says it’s taking you? Well, you don’t, that’s why you should always be careful.
A link in an email can be part [...]
If you owe a higher amount of money than what you make every month, it might be intimidating. However, there is a solution that can help you get out of this debt trap and relieve your stress. These cost-cutting steps can assist you to reduce your monthly expenditures which would offer you more money that [...]
Several months ago I posted about some of the great companies that I was buying as the entire stock market was tanking.
I purchased 15 companies over at Fristrade. As of today, nine of them have lost money, five of them have made money…but my account is sitting at almost EXACTLY the $15,000 that I started with…so I’m [...]
Over the past 5 years I’ve had the opportunity to buy, operate, and sell five franchised restaurants. The restaurant businesses, and specifically franchised restaurants, have provided significant additional cash flow for my family (on top of my earnings as a financial advisor 2002-2006, and VP @ Private Equity firm 2007-present).
I think the key is to realize that 9 [...]
In 2007 I sold two successful restaurants that I owned to a gentleman who had three other similar restaurants. He was looking to expand his empire, and I was looking to simplify my life a bit.
This sale was GREAT in that it put a couple hundred thousand into the bank pretty fast. What was NOT [...]
(I know the above graphic sucks, but I was too lazy and tired to mess with PhotoShop tonight)
JUST TWO DAYS AGO I was having lunch with a friend from work. I was BRAGGING about how great my Capital One No Hassle Rewards Card was. Great rewards, and an EXTREMELY LOW interest rate. Look very closely [...]
First of all…
I DON’T think that it is a foregone conclusion that our country is headed for a “depression.” A depression in economic terms is loosely defined as a countries Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropping by about 10% or more in a given year. WHAT I MEAN by GDP is the total value of all [...]
In any new project, business, or endeavor you need to strategically start with the end in mind. That being said, “What do you want to accomplish by the end of 2009?” Start planning now! Here is my list of 10 important things you can do to take control of your personal finances in 2009
Go on [...]
My brother signed up last week for an investment account at Zecco.com.
Zecco offers up to 10 COMMISSION FREE trades per month.
He found the system to be user friendly for the most part. The trading screen was easy to use and the execution was fast and within a penny of the Free Real Time Quotes.
Overall he [...]
