Twitter, the company famous for limiting your interactions to 140 characters or less goes public today. Perhaps learning from the lessons of Facebook, another company with a ridiculously high valuation and who lacked a proven revenue stream, they are listing on the NYSE rather than the NASDAQ, perhaps hoping to avoid a repeat of the […]
How much would you pay for hassle free, haggle free living?
I saw an interesting advert over the weekend from Enterprise, the Car Rental company. They are pushing their program to resell used cars in a hassle free, haggle free manner. The idea of flat rate purchasing without the need for negotiation is appealing to many people, who immediately think that they are not going to […]
Do these Three things before December 31st to save Thousands in Taxes
These three things are time sensitive, not all of them will apply to every reader, but if you are in these situations I highly recommend you make decisions on these very soon, so you could hope to action them before the end of the year. I believe you will have a much greater sense of […]
Trawling the Secondary CD Market for a Bargain
Certificate of Deposits (CDs) are savings tools that people typically hold to maturity, however for a variety of reasons people decide to exit the CD before maturity (for a penalty that typically impacts interest earned) when that happens, the CD that you used to own is not dissolved, it is instead sold on at a […]
Taking Responsibility for your Choices
I get a lot of ideas for writing from interactions on Twitter, last night I commented on something that I saw and the reply has been received somewhat negatively by a lot of people. I’d like to explore further my points in that ‘conversation’ to explain accountability and responsibility. The two real problems with our […]
The Truth about 1099s and Income Tax Reporting
There is a very common misconception in the US, that if I you do not receive a 1099 you do not need to report income on your Income Tax Filing. As such you find many people avoid a deal that comes with a 1099 so that they can fly under the radar.I have some bad […]
This one minor change will Supercharge your IRA
Did you know that the most powerful force that can act on your wealth is the miracle of Compound Interest? Actually, based on my readers here I am certain that you did, but some of you may still be leaving something on the table when it comes to making that power of compounding really work […]
A Great Way to Raise your Tax Burden this year
Now, I know you might think this is crazy advice coming from a Personal Finance blogger, but its not, the post explores the concept of Tax Deferral, a key tool in your tax management planning.Tax Deferral is a concept that takes the income you earn in one year, and pushes it to a later year, […]
Are you Ready to Time the Market?
I wrote recently that I was preparing to ‘time the market’ by reducing my Stock positions drastically, fueled by my feeling that the market was too high, I think that it is artificially propped up at this time by government support through the Quantitative Easing programs in place. Of course many people disagreed with my […]
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