Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness

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“Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.” Ralph Waldo Emerson   “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply  didn’t know where to go shopping.” Gertrude Stein   Money Can Buy … Read More

A Guide To Owning or Renting Your Home

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Owning versus renting your home is a longstanding and often passionate debate. The reasons for owning or renting differ according to financial calculations and your personal preferences. Factors To Consider If you seek to own a home, do you prefer … Read More

Ten Commandments of Personal Finance

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We revisit ancient views of money on the ten commandments of personal finance from timeworn texts and stories. Surveying these words adds a different perspective on finances whether you are celebrating the upcoming holidays or not. There is a common … Read More

7 Deadly Sins Of Investing And How To Avoid Them

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In Seven, the neo-noir thriller, detectives David Mills and William Somerset (played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders. Investing may not be as … Read More

Saving For Retirement In Your 20s

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Saving For Retirement Yet? Savings, investing, and retirement are very related, yet the topic of retirement planning gets pushed off to the side. We fear dealing with the unknown, or we are neglectful. Instead, planning early and often for retirement … Read More

How To Make Better Money Trade-offs

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“There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.” Thomas Sowell There are money tradeoffs in most aspects of our lives. We have many choices and cannot do everything we want to do. For every choice we make, opportunity costs require … Read More