Archive for October, 2007
Monday, October 29th, 2007
John Edwards : Comedy Corner with Minimum Wage, Higher Taxes, One Million Section 8 Homes, College for Everyone, Higher Taxes, AND Matching Savings Accounts?
“It is central to what I want to do as president to do something about economic inequality. I do not believe it is okay for the United States of America to have 37 million people living in poverty,” he said in a meeting with Monitor reporters and editors this week. “And I think we need, […]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Microplace : Microfinance Loans for Profit
Kiva is an excellent way to use some disposable income to help stimulate third world economies with microloans to entrepreneurs that can use small amounts of money to expand existing business operations. (Check out Microlending : The Strongest Tool for Development in Third World Countries for more information) One of the few issues […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Horray for Apple!
Sales increasing 29% in a year to 6.22 billion, earnings per share increase 63%, gross profit margins of 33.6%, international sales are 40% of the company’s revenue.
I like what I’m hearing.
Welcome to Apple!
They sold 10.2 MILLION iPods (Up 17% from prior year)
They sold 2.16 MILLION Computers (Up 34%)
They sold 1.12 million iPhones in the past […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The ROTH 401K : Keeping Uncle Sam Away From Your Retirement
Retirement.
You’ve worked your years and are free to pursue travel, family events, hobbies, and ditch that daily commute. (It is also possible to cut your commute by moving to an apartment closer to work.) You have to spend less on gas, your work wardrobe, and the two cups of coffee that help […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Early 401K Withdrawal? The Worst Mistake You’ll EVER Make
One of my friends went on a debt crusade nearly a year ago. She was faced with ~$30,000 in debt; mostly credit cards, the interest rates she was being charged were insane and there wasn’t much progress in her debt elimination until she cut a lot of her costs and today, her debt has […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Cake Financial : Real Dollars, Real Investments, and A New Financial Community
Many of us have had some experience with the likes of investopedia or hedgestop online investing competitions. You’re assigned a fantasy portfolio with anywhere from one thousand dollars to fifty million; you can take the safe approach of bond investing, diversify with blue chips, or put your entire portfolio in a high risk short […]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Trim Your Costs : Maintain Forward Momentum
The are a couple of great ways to accelerate your path towards financial security and economic freedom. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is by increasing your contributions towards investments and debt reduction; you could pick up a second job or take a new position, you could adjust your risk/reward tolerance and […]
