A lot of people talk about how debt has been a huge hindrance in their lives, preventing them from building wealth and getting ahead in life financially. Well, I’ve been fortunate to never have been in any huge amount of debt thus far in my life. The only major debt I’ve had was a car…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Negotiating Your Salary: How To Make $1000 A Minute by Jack Chapman | Book Review
If you’re like most people, when you look for a job, you usually want the highest salary you can get. But when it comes to negotiating salary, you may be nervous, unprepared, and end up just accepting whatever salary is offered. I know that straight out of college, I took an offer from the first…
What Financial Season Are You In?
As people move forward in their lives, there is a tendency for the majority of us to go through different financial seasons. During these seasons, our objectives change due to changes in our financial circumstances. These seasons, or phases, can be described as the asset accumulation phase, the conservation and protection phase, and the distribution…
Want An Automatic Raise? Contribute To Your 401K!
The easiest way to give yourself a raise without having to ask your boss for one is to start contributing to your 401k at work.
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle | Book Review
Who Is John And Why Should You Care? John Bogle is the founder of Vanguard, the highly successful investment management company with about $1.3 trillion in assets. He’s also the creator of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the world’s very first index mutual fund. In this book, John seeks to demonstrate why investing through index…
