Archived entries posted in "Investing"

The Checks Have Started Arriving! There Are Better Things To Spend On Than Botox Or Gambling!

Hey, looks like you’re new here! I blog about money. Saving, investing, insuring, getting, and using it! See my “about me” page for more info! To keep up to date, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get the blog in your email! Thanks for stopping by!So I’ve […]

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A Day Of Readers Requests - Including Will Several New Car Loan Inquiries Hurt Your Credit Score? And Why Do You Not Disclosure Your Identity?

I haven’t done readers requests in a while because I haven’t had one good one that I think would take up an entire post. HOWEVER, I’ve had several small requests that I can wrap into one post. Inquisitive, interesting, intriguing and some even unusual…
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Financial Advisors Are A Dime A Dozen (Or Less) - Get A Legion Of Them (FOR FREE) To Help You If You’re Unsure Of Financial Waters

I first got into investing back in 1997 when I had a summer job that paid a few more bills than I needed to pay, in a town that had too few things worth paying for. So I opened up a ROTH IRA in the first “investment” branch I could find which was both […]

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How To “Automagically” Change Your $2,100 Tax Stimulus Check Into $2,310 In Seconds!

So the tax stimulus rebate checks are coming and everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. I wrote an article yesterday about car dealerships sticking their paws in your face to get you to spend it there, but there may be a better way to do it…
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The Greatest Robbery In American History Compared To The Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Saw an interesting video today that compared the early 20th century American stock market to todays subprime crisis. There really are some stunning similarities, but the piece that caught my eye was the last 20 seconds when he describes the investor pull out right before the 1929 stock market crash as “The Greatest Robbery […]

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Hanks Weekly Hangouts #27 (April 27, 2008)

The week had some good posts that saw some good traffic including demystifying the subprime crisis, dumping the National Income tax for a National Sale tax, and the “selling” of annuities trap. The sites that really got me inspired this week are:
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An Inspirational Quote From A Movie I Watched And How It Relates To The Personal Finance Realm

I’ve actually had this quote listed in my “to write” column for quite sometime but hadn’t yet thought how to structure the post but I think it is VERY relevant to the theme on this site…
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“Demystifying” The Subprime Mortgage Crisis And Other Questions; An Interview With Dan Crittenden

Dan Crittenden is an experienced and top producing Mortgage Banker/ Mortgage Broker specializing in real estate financing and home mortgage loans throughout the State of Washington and the United States.
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Be Careful When Your Financial Advisors Tries To Sell You An Annuity.

So I had a “financial advisor” from Hartford mutual back in my “younger days” (Dec2007) that sold me a Life Insurance policy and then proceeded to tell me the next thing I needed on my ordered list of investments was a deferred annuity. She said it was very stable and something I really should […]

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What Type Of DISC Profile Does The Standard Investor Have?

In regards to one of my most recent posts at the Q2 Magic Quadrant post, I came across an interesting comment from Pinyo at Moolanomy.com. He asked a question in regards to formula of coming up with MQ itself. I had mentioned in the response that it all plays a role in how […]

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