Saturday, September 29th, 2007
The First Million Dollars and More with Index Investing
Over on Moolanomy is an article titled The First Million is the Hardest. In the post, the coolest fact is that while the first million dollars takes a long time to make, once you have it, additional millions come faster and faster. While this will not come as a surprise to anybody that [...]
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
The Capitalist Threat
I must admit that this article by George Soros, originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, now republished online by Free Republic, is thought provoking. The Capitalist Threat discusses the danger that unregulated Capitalism could offer to our society. Even though I do not agree with all of his statements, nor do I accept [...]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Reasonable Income Tax Plan
I know that it is not tax season right now. However, having to send in estimated tax payments this year – with one payment due in the past couple of weeks – I am regularly thinking about it. Seeing an article on CNN about Congress dragging their feet on AMT reform raised the [...]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Riches through Giving
Giving makes you wealthy. I will stand by this statement to the end of my days – here or in heaven. The riches you get are not necessarily cash however. I do not support the philosophy any of the evangelists who suggest that you can get material riches by giving to God. [...]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Savings Philosophy #3
This is the third article in the Savings Philosophy Series.
Live Beneath Your Means
I am as guilty about this as anybody else. I do not want to live beneath my means. I enjoy living in a nice house. It is fun for me to just sit in somebody else’s new car – I want to have [...]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Saving Philosophy Collection
Part of what has prompted me to begin writing in this blog has been the unfortunate occurrence of being laid off from my job. While I am working on finding my next job, I wanted something to do that was meaningful to me and which would help me focus on what needs to be [...]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
How to Snowball Debt
When I build a snowman, each part is built separately by starting with a small snowball and rolling it around the yard until it is big enough. Then I stack all of them together and decorate to create my finished snowman.
Snowballing debt is a very similar process. You start out making small extra [...]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Savings Philosophy #2
This is the second article in the Savings Philosophy series.
Go Green
Whether you agree or disagree with proponents of the Global Warming scenario, going green can be good for you and your wallet. The key ideas here all relate to the three R’s of environmental responsibility: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Reduce
Every extra trip to the store, each [...]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Savings Philosophy #1
As we go through life, we are constantly looking to the future. Most of us even make an effort to prepare for the future too. Financially, that generally consists of finding ways to save money and invest it for the long term. The question is, how do you save enough to meet [...]
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Retirement Vision
What a wonder of buzz-speak is ‘vision’. While in the workforce we hear about company vision, leader’s vision, departmental vision, group vision, and even more. With all of those visions, it is easy for one to think they must be hallucinating.
Why then, did I title this post ‘Retirement Vision’?
In this case, I think that Vision [...]
