Why Index Funds Are Your Best Investment Choice

Index funds are a lazy investor’s best investment choice. You can invest your money in them, and even if you never research a single stock or try to time even one market turn, you will never, ever under-perform the overall stock market. This makes index funds the logical choice for most investors. It’s not that […]

Could P2P Lending Help Your Finances?

One of the financial opportunities becoming increasingly popular in the United States is peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. P2P lending exists to help borrowers and lenders find each other. In many cases, P2P lending allows ordinary people access to financial opportunities that they might not normally have. P2P lending involves lenders (often “regular folks”) offering funds in […]

The Benefits of Paying Your Auto Insurance by Credit Card

Some auto insurance companies try to convince you to pay your premium with a credit card, and will even offer incentives for your cooperation. While I generally oppose the use of credit cards for any purpose where it isn’t absolutely necessary, there’s a strong case to be made for using them to pay your annual […]

Side Businesses: The Best Way to Prepare for Retirement?

We often think of starting or having a side business as either an opportunity to earn more money, or as a bridge into full-time self-employment. Both of those possibilities are certainly there, but a side business can also be the best way to prepare for retirement. Consider what you can accomplish by having a side […]

Why Investing Your Emergency Fund Isn’t a Good Idea

One of the major disadvantages in a long-running bull market in stocks is that people start to get a little bit greedy. They want to invest any money they have in an effort to make more money in a market that seems like a sure thing. That can include retirement money, borrowed money, money in […]

What You Need to Know to Be a Successful Real Estate Investor

Historically, real estate has been one of the very best investment vehicles. Not only has it competed favorably with stocks, but it has probably been the primary way that middle-class people build wealth. But there’s a big difference between being a homeowner and being a successful real estate investor. The degree to which you can […]

7 Warning Signs You Could Lose Your Job

If you’ve ever lost your job in the past, then you can appreciate that it usually comes with very little warning – at least not the official kind. However, no matter how much employers try to hide problems, they usually will give all kinds of signs in advance. Pay attention – they can be easy […]

4 Types of Online Degree Scams to Avoid

Getting an education – and a degree to prove your expertise – can be a worthy way to improve your mind and increase your marketability in the workplace. In today’s business world, it’s possible to get an online degree at a reasonable cost. If you work hard, it’s also possible to get an online degree […]

7 Easy Ways to Increase Your Income

Who doesn’t want to make a little more money? If you are looking for easy ways to increase your income, there a number of options you can choose. Realize, though, that in many cases the easy buck isn’t going to provide you with a large income, although changing some of your habits could eventually pay […]

How to Improve Your Credit and Buy a House

If you want to buy a house with bad credit, the drop in housing prices over the last few years may be a little frustrating. Real estate is still on sale but it may be tough to get approved for a home loan with bad credit. It doesn’t mean that you absolutely won’t be able […]

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