Financial Tips for New College Graduates – A Cheatsheet for Managing Your Money
April 30, 2008
Were you in class the day they handed out the financial tip sheet? You know, the one that covered how to buy insurance, invest your money, pay off your student loans, manage your credit cards, and budget out your new salary? I think most of us missed that day so here’s another copy you can […]
3 Ways You Can Profit from a Down Real Estate Market
April 24, 2008
The real estate bubble was several years in the making and has been deflating for a year or two now. It’s hard to say exactly when it popped because the real estate market is so regional but it’s pretty evident that billions of dollars of bubble money have evaporated from bank balance sheets and home owner’s […]
4 Ways You Can Profit from the Falling US Dollar
April 23, 2008
The value of the US dollar is dropping and hitting many of us smack in the pocketbook. What can you do about it? It’s a discouraging situation; you’re working just as hard as you always have but your money isn’t going as far, thanks in part to the falling dollar. It’s also frustrating that it’s such […]
Earth Day Profits – How You Can Make Money from Saving the Environment
April 20, 2008
How many stories have you heard about big business ruining the environment? Of course the ones that stand out most in our minds are those that effect humans, like A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, but there are countless other documented examples of corporations making a buck at the expense of nature. The good news […]
Increase Your After Tax Investment Returns With these Tax Deductions
January 28, 2008
As the tax forms for last year’s investment income start to arrive in the mail we’re rudely reminded of the effect that taxes have on our investment earnings. Especially when we lose money and still have to pay taxes, my Oakmark International fund was down about $100 for the year but generated over $1000 in […]
Extreme Investing for the Adventurous In All of Us
November 5, 2007
You’ve probably heard of extreme sports, sports “perceived as having a high level of inherent danger or difficulty”. Well how about extreme investing! Extreme InvestingI’m a pretty non-extreme investor in general; most of our money is in index funds with a small percentage in other industry specific funds. But I do like to use a […]
Investor’s Business Daily – Daily Stock Analysis Videos
October 15, 2007
If you’re like me and are looking to learn more about investing in individual stocks you might want to checkout the new free daily stock analysis video provided by Investor’s Business Daily. Every business day they review a different stock, the video I saw covered both fundamental and technical analysis. I’m somewhat familiar with the fundamental […]
Free Trial Subscription – Investors Business Daily Case Study
October 12, 2007
Investors Business Daily Free Trial Are free trials a selling tactic, a useful tool for consumers, or both? I received a lot of comments and emails on the Free Trial Offer post the other day and decided to dig into this one a little more by looking at a free trial offer from Investors Business […]
Retirement: It’s Like Being 18 Only With Money
September 5, 2007
Would that headline catch your eye on a piece of mail? It’s a pleasant thought to be 18, footloose and fancy free again. No big projects at work, no mortgage to worry about, and no sense of responsibility keeping you awake at night. Plus to top it off you’re not even broke! Back to RealityAs […]
Forbes Mutual Fund Survey Turns Up Mairs & Power Growth
September 4, 2007
When Forbes recently published its annual mutual fund survey one of the funds on its Honor Roll (top 10 funds) caught my eye. Since I pretty much stick to index funds for our portfolio I’m not invested in any of the top 10 but I’m going to take another look at #3, Mairs & Power […]
