Posted: January 7, 2010 at 12:40 am | Filed under: Business
Are you one of those people frustrated with your inability to beat the stock market? Despite watching CNBC and Jim Cramer religiously, and reading The Wall Street Journal every day, you just can’t seem to make it happen. Here are five ways I think that investors shoot themselves in the foot. Continue Reading
Posted: November 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Filed under: Business
Business opportunities of 2010 cause consumers to be more cautious about what they buy and less optimistic about the economy in general, having said that small businesses selling necessities will do well; those selling what consumers consider to be “frills” will not, unless they can tap into sufficiently well-heeled niches. Continue Reading
Posted: November 14, 2009 at 6:33 pm | Filed under: Finance
Aside from the everyday efforts you make to help the environment, such as recycling or taking the bus, wouldn’t it be great if you could be well-paid to help the planet? As it happens, many environmental jobs pay around $30 an hour or more. Continue Reading
Posted: September 23, 2009 at 10:18 pm | Filed under: Technology
Facebook is not the first social network but it is the most popular one. There have been many other social networks before Facebook and while some of them were popular at some point in time, none could reach the popularity of Facebook. Continue Reading
Posted: September 23, 2009 at 9:35 pm | Filed under: Finance
During market rebounds, small-cap stocks tend to soar faster and farther than the broader market — turning hardworking folks like you and me into millionaires over time. Want some proof? Continue Reading
Posted: September 21, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Filed under: Real Estate
I’m assuming you are going to be a first time landlord. Being a landlord can be a daunting experience. Continue Reading
Posted: September 20, 2009 at 12:17 am | Filed under: Technology
Twitter is becoming the fatest growing social networking tool available. Find out exactly what it is and how to use it. Send a “tweet” in minutes. Continue Reading
Posted: September 15, 2009 at 11:07 pm | Filed under: Real Estate
Let’s get the hard part out of the way right now. After you get your real estate license, prospecting is the single most crucial element in the business and it’s the hardest part for most real estate agents. Continue Reading
Posted: July 25, 2009 at 1:57 pm | Filed under: Finance
Despite the fact that you might hear investors say that they’re making a “bet” on a stock or that they “doubled down” on an investment, a battle rages about how similar investing and gambling really are. Continue Reading
Posted: June 18, 2009 at 11:56 am | Filed under: Finance
Recession can bring with it opportunities as well as threats.
And even if starting up a new business when the economy is shrinking does prove to be a baptism of fire, it could strengthen you in the long run. If you survive, think how well you’ll perform when the good times return.
Here are some of the ways you can withstand a recession when you start a new business. Continue Reading
Posted: May 8, 2009 at 3:12 pm | Filed under: Finance
Every busy downtown street has a storefront location that is “cursed.” One month it was a pizza place. Six months later it was an optometrist’s office. Four months later it was a video rental store. Now it’s vacant yet again. Continue Reading
Posted: April 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Filed under: Finance
When we set out to look for the 45 best ways to grow your money, we had a few criteria in mind. We wanted ideas that were widely applicable (so we weren’t interested in specialized tax shelters or tax loopholes that were only open to a favored few). We also wanted ideas that had stood the test of time (so we rejected a lot of flavor-of-the-month notions, such as buying gold futures or loading up on oil stocks). Finally, we wanted our ideas to represent the full span of personal finance, from basic notions to more advanced concepts. Continue Reading
Posted: March 28, 2009 at 11:59 am | Filed under: Autos
A bad economy and crumbling auto sales have created absurdly low prices for some truly great American cars. Auto sales are down for the count. Sales of American cars, in particular, have been K.O.’d. Continue Reading