Archive for the 'investing' Category

Preparing to Invest: How to get started

Investments can be a source of great potential earnings. The two most common reasons that a person does not invest are either they do not have the money or they do not know how to get started. These are some ways to prepare for investing and some things to consider before investing.
Saving Money […]

Making Every Penny Count

More and more workers are leaving their jobs and taking their 401 k retirement plan funds with them. While some are rolling their funds over into IRAs or other qualified plans; many are taking their distributions in cash. Once an employee has left the job, any payments of earned vacation, sick or other leave made […]

The Dreaded Direct Question

(Please have a glass of water within reach before reading this article.)
Your personal financial planning is the topic of discussion here today, but not quite yet. First I would like to bring your attention to the issue of bragging.
The other day I was carrying on about how well our website was doing on the various […]

The Power of Small Numbers: Trading Success is Based on Consistency, Not Home Runs

Online trading is so seductive - just sit, click, and rake in the profits! But as anyone who has ever seriously attempted online trading will probably tell you, it’s just not as easy as it sounds.
Many beginning traders are seduced by the lure of the “home run”, that big trade that makes you an […]

Time is Money and We Are Running Out of Both!

One of the fundamental principles of finance is the concept that $1 today is more valuable than $1 a year from now.
Making adjustments for inflation, the dollar will buy less goods and services next year.
But I can invest that dollar today and earn a ROI (Return On Investment) in the form of dividends, interest or […]