The world of finance hasn’t exactly been having a good time in the media, has it? Since the economic meltdown of 2008, the vision of the fat cat banker has made the rounds in the public image, with films like The Wolf of Wall Street, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps and Blue Jasmine showcasing
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Boosting Your Income: How to Earn Money on the Side It feels like our money never quite stretches far enough these days. With wages stagnating while inflation rises, it is getting harder and harder to meet our expected standard of living; and that’s before we start even considering taking levels of debt into account. Due […]
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Last week, I asked Is Your Success Due To Hard Work Or Luck? The comments have been very interesting and thank you if you left your thoughts. Most people agree that it takes determination, hard work, and some luck to become successful. Personally, I feel that I am really lucky. Family and circumstances gave me a good start, but I was also determined to meet my go
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The following article is from Mike, our staff writer.  One of the biggest and most pervasive myths on the internet is that making money online is easy.  There is certainly no shortage of “experts” who are only too happy to share their secret formula for unlimited riches at the push of a button. Unfortunately, no such button exists. Sure, the barriers to en
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I’m getting married in a few months, as most of you already know. The main benefit to getting married is getting to spend the rest of my life with the woman I love most in this world. A nice side benefit is saving a lot of money on taxes next year. When one person makes substantially more than the other […]
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I participate in a lot of financial and estate plans, and there is a common distribution technique I never understood.  The worst part, is that it almost always unintentional.  I think most people would would agree that a child who has lost both of his or her parents should not receive money outright, and as such, his
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In the past few weeks, I’ve heard a couple stories from friends who wanted to use some of their accrued vacation time, but ran into approval issues when it came to actually requesting the time off. Two Vacation Requests In one case, my friend wanted a single day off to attend to some personal business […]
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