Posts Tagged ‘investing’

When Can A 20 Year Old With No Debt Retire?

Trent over at The Simple Dollar explains that if you’re a twenty year old with no debt, saving 20% of your current salary until your 40 years old will ensure a healthy retirement.

The math is pretty simple, and better yet, cautionary. By and large, though, if you live below your means and put that ‘extra’ money away diligently, you’re looking at an early retirement.

If you were to take 20%… » Continue

May 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: investing, investment, investments, Money, retirement, retiring | 8 comments»

Investing: Buying in a Bad Market

Just because the stock’s dropped doesn’t mean the company’s out of the game. Here are some tips on picking the winners and recognizing the losers amidst a troubled market.
Is the problem temporary or long-term?

There are many companies that aren’t worth buying at any price. Trash is trash, regardless of how much you pay for it. In some cases, problems arise that are the result of one-time mistakes on the… » Continue

March 1 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: investing, investment, investments | no comments»

Fund Your Startup with Prosper

I was listening to Startup Nation’s podcast yesterday, and they featured Prosper, a website that’s the “eBay for peer-to-peer funding.” The idea seemed interesting, especially to someone forming a startup.

The basic premise is that you can borrow money from a group of peers instead of through a bank. The peers are all investing, and then bidding each other down to the lowest agreed-upon percentage base. (Check out their… » Continue

August 3 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: entrepreneur, investing, investors, loans, Money, prosper, startup, startup+nation | 4 comments»