I was reading a quick article on Business Insider with the very catchy title, “It Kills me To Watch My Employees Blow through their Bonuses” when I saw a comment that made me want to rip my hair out.  The original article was simple enough, a business owner who couldn’t believe what his employees used
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Every month for the past few years I take the Dividend Champion list (which is defined below) and on a purely metric basis look for undervalued stocks.I use the dividend champion list for two reasons.  One, the dividend champion list includes companies that have paid an increasing dividend for the past 25+ years, and this
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Now that you are ready to get into the Forex trading markets, you should consider how to tailor your strategies so that you get the most for your money. Good investing is more than just hopping into a hot new market you have discovered. After you know the basics of investing in Forex trading, there
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CNBC had an article the other day highlighting the disturbing public pension gap that is growing at an alarming rate.  While I didn’t read the study by Moody’s behind the article the statistics highlighted by CNBC are, to say the least, frightening: In less than a decade, that shortfall has tripled to at least $2 trillion—more than
The
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With the S&P down for the month, I didn’t think this was going to be a particularly good month for my net worth calculations, and I was correct.  As I mentioned last month,for the first time in years, I have some debt I have to get rid of.  I think I only mention it to
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I have mentioned it in the past, but my brother is FDNY.  He was the second class after 9/11 occurred and was recently promoted to Lieutenant after studying and applying himself like I have never seen before.  It makes 9/11 a reminder that something could happen to him. I recently came across the video below,
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It has been a few years since I took look at religious based mutual funds, but a recent Kiplinger’s article brought the topic back to my attention.  While I think the goal of providing someone an easy investment vehicle that matches their religious intent is a commendable goal, I can’t imagine it being possible. The article,
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To say I have had a great, but busy, summer is an understatement.  Starting way back in May it has been crazy around my house.  The Wife, the boy and I went to Disney inviting our mothers with us.   Then in June we had a trip to The Wife’s family in PA as well
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While I readily defend the financial planning industry of which I am a part there is a glaring hole that is probably only getting larger.  I saw a great post from financial blogger, Daniel, over at Sweating The Big Stuff  where he was helping out a buddy create a cash flow and debt plan, and it
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Entrepreneurs are notoriously nomadic, and you may well be just the same. If you’ve got visions of being your own business in another country, then you’re probably well aware of the challenges that you’re going to face, but it’s good to get all the help you can. Setting up a company outside your home nation
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