Archive for December, 2007
Posted in December 12th, 2007
Christmas is around the corner and you might be thinking that you need a quick easy gift for someone. Gift cards seem like a good answer to that problem. I personally purchased 10 or so gift cards this season. It seems like everyone is carrying gift cards. I went to the tower of power in [...]
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Posted in December 11th, 2007
Rule of 72: Rule of 72 is a little tool that gives you the amount of time that it takes your money to double based on an interest rate. Here is how the tool works. If you divide your interest rate into 72 you will get the amount of years it takes to double your [...]
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Posted in December 10th, 2007
Automatic Millionaire by David Bach Book Audio Book Very easy to read book with some very good premises: 1. People aren’t taught these principals in school. He is right most people aren’t taught how to handle money in the public schools. The only way I was taught this information was to take accounting classes and [...]
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Posted in December 8th, 2007
Here are some things that CNN Money says you need to retire early, CNN Retire Early I agree with some of these like the saving, living less than large, banking your extra income from various sources like tax refunds and designing a post retirement career. The only one I have a problem with is the [...]
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Posted in December 8th, 2007
Daily 30 minute podcast with business and economics news for the rest of us. Host Kai Ryssdal and the Marketplace team bring you the most interesting information from wallet to Wall Street. Updated Monday through Friday. Link to the site Link to their Podcasts Great podcast. I listen to it every day on the way [...]
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Posted in December 8th, 2007
My Take on Index Funds: Index Investing mutual fund has as a primary objective to match the performance of a particular stock index such as the S&P 500 index or the Dow Jones Industrial average . Checkout this book The Little Book of Common Sense Investing on the advantages of mutual funds written by John [...]
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Posted in December 8th, 2007
This is a great little book that discusses the merits of Index investing. I really like index investing for it’s diversification, although the market as of late has been pretty volatile as a whole. I know I am supposed to be thinking long term, but the market has been a little rough lately. In Hardback [...]
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Posted in December 8th, 2007
The name of this site came from a book I read called, “Retire on Less Than You Think.” This is the revised edition of the book that will be out on December 26th, 2007. This is a common sense book about getting ready for retirement from Fred Brock. Description Only a few years ago, the [...]
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Posted in December 7th, 2007
Hopefully I can help you retire on less. See my bio in the About Us Page.
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