Posts Tagged ‘investing’

Get Rich(er)

It is true that no one can serve two masters, and slavish devotion to unrighteous mammon is indeed a road to misery. Ambition to produce and "be rich" is not necessarily a bad thing, though. And if you're reading this, you're likely among the richest 1-2% of people who have ever lived. Historically speaking, you're not just rich. You're super-rich. This means a couple of things. First, it means that foregoing… Continue reading

November 28 2008 | By Art | Tagged: finances, investing, Money, rich, saving, wealth | 14 comments»

A Few Tools to Help You Invest

Online tools make just about everything easier, including investing. No matter how far you've gotten in your investing efforts, there's a tool or two that can help you out. I've listed out a few of the tools I've come to rely on below — and I hope you'll add any you use in the comments. Google Finance I rely on Google Finance for quite a few aspects of investing. I'm a… Continue reading

November 21 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: investing | 11 comments»

16 Great Personal Finance Resources & Blogs

It’s one of the most common reasons for arguments and divorce in marriages. It can keep us from achieving our dreams, or it can enable us. It can cultivate the worst in people, and it can cultivate the best. Money is one the most fundamental, crude, material parts of our existence, yet we look at it like some kind of metaphysical, unknowable force. If this describes your relationship with money, it… Continue reading

July 9 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: frugal, investing, personal finance | 33 comments»

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 reading

May 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: investing, investment, investments, Money, retirement, retiring | 10 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 reading

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 reading

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