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How to Keep Your Finances Organized in 4 Steps

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Seems as if we’re all busier than ever. With family, work and household chores, there’s little time left to keep your finances organized. Yet, if you don’t organize your finances then you might end up with unpaid bills, spending more than you earn, big credit card balances and a hornets nest of problems come tax time. Whether your net worth is in the three, four, five, six or seven digits, you still need to create a system to keep your finances organized...

What Does Price Earnings Ratio Mean? Use the PE for Smart Investing

Understanding the PE Ratio

Most investors are best suited to invest in a diversified portfolio of index funds in an asset allocation in line with their risk tolerance. The research is quite clear that it is exceedingly difficult to beat the overall stock market over time. That said, there are those who like to analyze individual stocks and attempt to beat the market. For those active investors, as well as those interested in understanding a bit more about investing, you’ll learn about how to...

How Does Mark Cuban Invest?

How Does Wealthy Entrepreneur Mark Cuban Invest? 

Contributing columnist, Timothy Gagnon

Money Tips From a Great Businessman

Mark Cuban, best known for his aggressive personality on ABC’s Shark Tank is a billionaire investor, entrepreneur, business owner, and NBA team owner. Mark Cuban’s business advice tends to be blunt and straight to the point. He doesn’t beat around the bush.

Today we’re going to share his best money and investment advice so you can find out the answer to ‘How does Mark C...

Passive Income Investments – Fact or Fiction

 

“Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.” Paul Samuelson

Passive income investments are touted as a way to keep the money flowing without the work. In other words, with passive income streams your passive income investments are set up once to deliver regular cash flow. You’ll learn whether investing in real estate, stocks, and bonds are true passive income opportunities and ways to create that future i...

Are 2017 Financial Forecasts For Real?

Financial Forecasts – Myth Or Reality?

During a recent trip from San Francisco to Ohio, I spent several hours indulging in the Wall Street Journal, cover-to-cover. Fascinated by their second quarter Markets Review & Outlook Section on July 3, 2017, I fervently read the predictions made by pros compared with reality. Learn whether the financial forecasts hit the mark or veered off course.

I assumed that at least one prediction for the markets for 2017 might have materialized. Yet, out of 8...

29 Fun Ways to Make Money in the Summer

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Students, Teachers & Adults-Have Fun Making Money This Summer

By staff columnist, Alexandra Deluise

Making money in the summer time is always good – the days are longer, people seem to be in better moods, and there are some excellent seasonal places to apply for. Before signing yourself up for a seasonal restaurant job, though, try one of these 29 fun ways to make money this summer!

Sell the fruits (or veggies!) of your labor. If you have a garden,...

3 Dividend Stocks to Own In Retirement

Guest Contributor; Gaurav Sharma

3 Top Dividend Stocks for Retirement

If there is and one priority for a retiree investor, it is income.  This can be achieved by owning the best dividend stocks within your investment portfolio.  Dividend stock investing actually has two potential benefits:

An opportunity for capital appreciation. A steady or increasing cash flow.

A dividend stock investor deploys capital into companies with juicy dividend payments. Depending upon when the dividends are paid...

Why and How to Diversify with Real Estate – REITS + Real Estate Crowdfunding

Guest columnist, Joseph Hogue, CFA

Don’t let the headaches of real estate investing keep you from diversifying your portfolio into one of the best long-term assets.

Despite what you might hear on the 3am infomercials, real estate investing is hard work.

Barbara explained in an earlier post about why she gave up being a landlord decades ago because of the constant headaches.

I can relate. I started buying rental property early in my 20s. I had worked as a commercial real estate agent and want...

How to Become a Millionaire-Investment Advice for 30 Year Olds

5 Tips to Become a Millionaire

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” ~Warren Buffett (source; BrainyQuote.com)

Get the specific, actionable steps to become a millionaire if you are in your 30s. Use this financial advice for 30 somethings as a step-by-step guide for wealth building.

If you haven’t started investing for your future, don’t stress, now is the time to start understanding and implementing how to plan for retireme...

Avoid Being a Victim of Investment Fraud – Inspired by the Wizard of Wall Street

Don’t be Like Steven Spielberg – Evade Investment Fraud

I was both intrigued and sickened while glued to HBO’s Wizard of Lies. This riveting biopic chronicles Bernie Madoff, played by Robert DeNiro, as he crafts the greatest investment fraud of our time. It’s challenging to understand how sophisticated investors along with ordinary folks fell for Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

Find out how to avoid becoming a victim of securities fraud. You’ll discover that only your own knowledge and due diligence c...