Here is the final installment to our “Stop It” guide: Stop It Rule Five: Stop worrying that the stock market is rigged and invest the bulk of your savings. If you have a brokerage or retirement account with Fidelity you will see that Fidelity provides the annualized returns of a number of benchmarks so you …
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Part four of my “Stop It” guide happens to be the linchpin of personal finance. Here it is: Stop It Rule Four: Stop spending more than you earn If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, “Stop it.” Work more or downgrade your lifestyle or do both. The only way to get ahead financially and build wealth …
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There’s a difference between functional housing and dream housing. Functional housing provides the bare necessities while dream housing provides all the modern conveniences and wraps them up in a whole lot of class and style. It’s the difference between floors covered with linoleum and floors covered with Brazilian walnut hardwood. Now, to further drive home …
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Every day in America, bad things happen to good people. But very few of these sad incidents become fodder for national news. Here are ten such sad incidents that landed in my YouTube feed this past month but didn’t become a national hullabaloo: 1. Black man kills white man for no reason. Surprisingly, no protests …
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This is part two of my “Stop It” guide to personal finance. If you don’t know the origin of the “Stop It” guide, here’s the link to the part one post that explains it. Now on with the show. Check out this inspiring mail carrier, and make particular note of his pointed self-assessment at the …
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