The Secret to Building Wealth

I’ve had many people ask me over the past several weeks what the secret is to building wealth.  Today I am going to share the answer with you.  Before I do though, I want to tell you what it’s not.  It’s not a great investing tip.  It’s not a can’t-lose business idea.  It’s not even [...]

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The Bailout of Fannie and Freddie

The United States of America has officially become a nation of bailouts.  With the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday, September 7 they have also become the nation’s largest mortgage provider.  They now own (or back) around $5-6 trillion in mortgage loans, which is roughtly half of the existing mortgages in [...]

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5 Reasons I Want To Be A Millionaire

If you ask just about anyone in the world if they would like to be rich they will more than likely respond in favor of wealth.  No one actually wants to be poor.  In fact some of us want wealth so badly that we’ll do almost anything to get it.  Wars, murders, lies, deceptions, fraud [...]

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How Your Credit Score Defines You

Remember in High School when you would worry about how well you would do on your tests, and how those scores would either make or break your college admissions and scholarships?  It wasn’t the most relaxing thing to think about. Well now as adults we continue to be graded and assessed by our [...]

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Why Lauren Willis Is Wrong About Money

I ran across an interesting article the other day which featured an interview with Lauren Willis, an associate law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.  The name of the article is Why You Can’t Teach Money and it’s a question and answer session between a writer at Money Magazine and Lauren Willis.  Lauren [...]

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #168

One Caveman’s Financial Journey is hosting the Labor Day edition of The Carnival of Personal Finance, highlighting the best personal finance articles around (and maybe even a few grilling tips).  My recent article on Debit versus Credit, Cash In On The Economy’s Problems, earned “the choice steak” rating as an Editor’s Pick.
There are some fantastic [...]

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Get International Clients Sunday Blog Carnival

Happy Sunday everyone!  Just a quick heads up to let you know that my post What I Learned In Mexico: Business Negotiation has been featured over at the Get Internation Clients Sunday Blog Carnival.  If you haven’t read my post then I encourage you to check it out.
Another fantastic post, for those interested in the [...]

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