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Little Risk and Little Rewards
This has not been the best time to earn some good interest on your money. If you are trying to keep your money in low interest investments or accounts, you really don’t stand much to gain. Most online savings accounts are running around the 1....
Relieving Financial Anxiety
Everyday we’re barraged with more bad news about the economy and the state of our financial world. Journalists and economists alike are frequently peppering their articles with visions of layoffs, bankruptcies, recession, and even the occas...
To Invest in a Recession?
We’ve had a few discussions about the possibility of an upcoming recession including saving money for a recession as well as recession proofing your portfolio. Well, the buzz about an upcoming recession hasn’t died off since then and peop...
Investing in Stocks with Little Capital
A common problem for the small investor is building up enough capital to make investments in a particular stock that might be appealing. So what exactly can you do if you only have enough money to buy a dozen shares or so of a stock? Money Magazine h...
Personal Finance Lists
People love lists and when it comes to personal finance and investing ideas, this is no exception. Listing the ten ways to save for retirement or the six best places to invest your money are always easy to read and usually have a bit of something in...
An Index Fund Run
I’ve longed enjoyed the common sense, straightforward advice you find over at the Motley Fool, and the information in this article on trying to beat the market is no exception. There’s some nice advice in this little article, mainly that...
The Psychology of Spending Money
Interesting article today from Yahoo Finance, This is Your Brain on Money. It basically features “five ways your brain can trick you into making financial blunders, and how to avoid them.” The information comes from Jason Zweig’s b...
Sideline Your Cash
There comes a time in every investor’s trading life when for whatever reason you need to pull you money out of one investment or another and put your cash on the sidelines. It might be when you’re shifting your portfolio around due to ri...
And then the rates fell…
As has been well documented just about everywhere, the Fed cut the funds rates last month to 4.75%. Opinion is mixed as to whether or not another rate cut is in our future, but they’re certainly not going up anytime soon. The Fed issued this ha...
Saving Money in a Recession
According to many economists, we’re either quickly heading for a recession or possibly already in one. Either way, it’s probably a good idea to have some type of a plan to handle a slowdown in the economy or a full-blown recession. A re...
