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2 New Year’s Resolutions You can Take to the Bank
Two painless resolutions that will help you sleep better and help your wallet get fatter. And both are absolutely FREE.
Tips for Improving Your Credit Scores
Generally speaking, the higher your score, the lower the perceived risk to the lender and the more attractive the interest rate you will be offered
Class Offered: Investing in Today’s Financial Markets
FSCJ Betty P Cook Nassau Center to Offer “Investing in Today’s Financial Markets” Class
The Big Gold Sell Off Puzzle
Gold is a very long term fundamental safety net asset, a retirement account if you wish, not a speculative instrument. Gold preserves wealth.
Get Involved with America Saves
Started in 2007, America Saves is an opportunity to promote good savings behavior and assess your individual saving habits.
How to Painlessly Pay Off Your Mortgage
Surprisingly small additional monthly payments can make a very substantial difference in paying off your mortgage early.
Opposite Day Investing
Have you ever wondered where that money comes from when people get wealthier? Or where it goes when the market turns south?
Stop, Drop and Rollover Retirement Assets – Carefully
Under federal tax rules, any lump-sum distribution that is not transferred directly from one retirement account to another is subject to a special withholding of 20%.
Doughnuts, Diversity, and Market Volatility
Market risk can be managed but not eliminated entirely, by holding investments in several different investment categories, or asset classes.
Hot Air Stimulus from the Fed
With no more real tools at hand to crank up the economy, the Fed now has to, once again, try to jumpstart the economy with hot air.
Sometimes A Little Spark Is All You Need
Until underlying fundamentals are properly addressed, markets will remain highly volatile, largely based on hope against the odds.
Stock Dividends – the Rodney Dangerfield of the Investment World
Like the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who often complained, “I get no respect, I tell ya,” dividends are often underrated or even ignored by growth-oriented investors.
Financial Markets Tied in Knots as Fed Does “The Twist”
Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the fasten seat belt sign. We are now crossing a zone of turbulence and your seat cushion may not be enough to keep you afloat.
The Changing Future of Debit Cards
Wikipedia: “A not credit worthy consumer who may find it impossible to obtain a credit card, can more easily obtain a debit card, allowing him/her to make plastic transactions.”