Category: Finance 101

  • 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…

  • The Automatic Millionaire: Chapter 5

    Now that I’m finally back in the swing of things here at Debit versus Credit I’m ready to bring back a popular feature (and one which I enjoyed very much): Friday Book Club. I began Friday Book Club in November of 2007 with three goals.  First, to be able to share what I’m learning with…

  • Mutual Funds 101

    I was talking to a friend of mine the other day about investing. She just recently received her tax refund and had yet to “spend it” as she said. Naturally I suggested that she invest it. We got to talking about what she might invest her money in and since she has absolutely no investing…

  • Investing 101

    Let me begin this post by saying that I am by no means a seasoned investor and my advice might not be as complete as someone who has been investing for 20 or 30 years. That being said I do not believe that investing is rocket science, and I do believe that the average Joe…