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10 Must Read Books For Investors

by Ron

If you’re like me, you like to learn from the experience and wisdom of others. It’s much cheaper that way! When it comes to being an investor, few things can beat the knowledge you and I can absorb by reading books. Plus I just like to read. Photo by jeffpearce Five Books For Active Investors [...]

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Future Big Company Epic Fails

by Ron

Bank of America started it all with their ridiculous $5/month fee to access your own cash by using a debit card and customers reacted by moving to credit unions or online banks like PerkStreet or Ally Bank. Verizon followed up with a fee for paying your cell phone bill online and customers cried “FOUL” so [...]

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Try This Budgeting Software for FREE!

by Ron

Did you know the average New Year’s resolution only lasts 6 days? Many resolutions don’t even last that long but there are many resolutions truly worth keeping this new year. One of those resolutions to keep is “living within a budget” and using your budget to plan your future. I say “living” because using a [...]

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7 Ways to Beat Your Christmas Debt

by Ron

Did you use a credit card this past Christmas? You are not alone. On average, people spend almost $1,000 on Christmas while carrying credit card debt of $9,000 to $12,000! So chances are better than even that most, if not all, of that $1,000 was on credit. What about you? Did you go deeper into [...]

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Bank Fees Disgust Me

by Ron

It seems there’s just no end to the the big bank’s greed and when a bank imposes fees that overdraw an account, I personally feel the need to say something. As an MBA, a corporate officer for a large company, and a self-professed capitalist, I understand a bank’s need to cover its costs. I “get [...]

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How Much Is YOUR Electric Bill? Here Are No Cost and Low Cost Changes to Save Energy This Winter and Beyond

by Ron

I despise wasting money and especially wasting money on energy. And with reports that electric bills have soared $300 per household in the last 5 years, it’s becoming more and more important to only use the energy we need if we want to avoid wasting energy … and dollars. “Making money is like digging with [...]

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How To Flip A House: My interview with an expert house flipper

by Ron

On a recent business flight out of Atlanta, I was offered the opportunity to give up my seat in exchange for a slightly later flight … in first class. I accepted because it meant my seat would keep a young family together on their way to Disney World … though first class wasn’t a bad [...]

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7 Types of Overlooked Investment Risk

by Ron

Financial advisors and investors alike throw around the word investment risk an awful lot. Most of the time, each party assumes it means the risk of an investment losing its principle value but there are at least seven different areas of investment risk that you and I need to know. Seven Types of Investment Risk [...]

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New Ways to Earn Extra Money

by Ron

A while back I wrote an article entitled 26 Ways to Make Extra Money While Keeping Your Day Job. It quickly zoomed to the top of the search engines and I’ve gotten a TON of positive feedback from that post. It seems that people around the world are clamoring for ways to make more money [...]

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An Investment Banker’s Deathbed Instructions To You

by Ron

Almost a year ago, Gorday Murray, a former bond salesman for Goldman Sachs, passed away from complications resulting from brain cancer. Before he died, he was able to write down his thoughts and ideas on his top five investment guidelines. They crystallize his decades of experience on Wall Street and will be applicable for decades [...]

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The 5 Types of Identity Theft

by Ron

Identity theft affects YOU every day. It results in higher prices for consumer goods, higher costs to financial institutions (costs passed on to you), higher costs to insurance companies (again, passed on to you), higher costs to law enforcement (passed on to you via taxes), and a host of other costs to society and commerce. [...]

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