Category: personal finance

Simple Money Fixes You Can Do in 30-minutes or Less

Whether you’re looking to pay off your student loans, save for a down payment on a car, or catch-up on retirement, the only way you’ll reach these goals is by improving your finances with a few simple money fixes. Despite the misconception, though, you don’t have to turn your life upside down. In fact, you…


10 Lessons I Learned as Someone Who Has Spent 10 Years Running a Business

Article by Matthew Berman This month, I’m celebrating my 10 year entrepreneur anniversary. It’s been a decade of late nights, working weekends, networking with tremendously talented people, fostering client relationships, relentless traveling and a myriad of highs and lows that define the life of an entrepreneur. Running a business is a journey of joy and pain, but for…


Landlords: Save Money With These Tax Reduction Strategies

Owning one or more rental properties is an excellent way to ensure an ongoing income. Knowing the best tax reduction strategies and applying them can make your investment even sweeter. First, a Note About Record-keeping To ensure that you can claim as many tax write-offs as possible on your investment property, keep all your receipts–and…


DAOs Are the Future for Business, Here’s Why

Article by Ryan Boder You have probably heard about decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) by now, which have become a dominant force in the news and have emerged in various industries. They have emerged in the blockchain, sports, politics, and entertainment industries. DAOs unite people around a common goal or interest. If looked at more closely, DAOs show how large groups…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (July 29)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.20 to $98.62 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for September delivery rose 52 cents to $107.14 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for August delivery fell 2 cents to $3.49 a gallon. August heating oil fell 6 cents to $3.62 a gallon. September natural gas rose 10 cents to…


4 Ways to Ensure You’ll Always Make Money

With talks of saturated markets and robots taking over our jobs, there’s a lot fear surrounding the future of how people will be earning a living in the future. Are there threats to our money? Yes, constant ones. However, there are things you can do to ensure you’ll always make money. The reality is that economies changing…


15 Ways to Reduce Stress During Retirement

Retirement ought to be a time where stress vanishes, or at least diminishes significantly. After all, you suddenly shed oppressive work obligations, while the activities you truly enjoy and really want to pursue find their way on to your calendar. At the same time, your personal time expands dramatically, leaving you free to do almost anything…


4 Critical Traits You Need to Build Wealth

Article by Brian H. Robb For many people, success is synonymous with wealth or celebrity. Consequently, libraries and booksellers offer thousands of books, studies and articles with advice on how to get rich. Authors of get-rich schemes target a growing audience that believes there is hidden knowledge about accumulating wealth. The gullible spend thousands of dollars in a…


The Many Uses of Gold That Will Surprise You

Gold is one form of exchange that people have agreed upon worldwide, since it was discovered. That shiny metal around your neck has been used to barter for centuries. However, gold has many other uses. Knowing how gold is used can help you understand its true value. It’s more than just another form of currency….


Trump Warns Something Worse Than Recession Is Coming

Former President Donald Trump has warned that America’s economy is on track for a bigger disaster than a recession, with his remarks coming shortly before government statistics showed GDP printing negative for the second consecutive quarter, which is a rule-of-thumb definition for a recession. “Where we’re going now could be a very bad place,” Trump…