It goes without saying that for many of us, much of the planning, the hard work, the saving and the sacrifice we endure during our young lives is focused towards the goal of achieving a more comfortable retirement. We work, we save, we invest – and then we hope for the best. I say “hope” [...]
Morningstar’s Christine Benz offers guidelines for prioritizing investment savings with paying down mortgage, credit card, and student loan debt. Always good advice.
Interest in financial education seems to be on an upswing. As Arizonans continue to feel the pinch of a tough economy, many are showing interest in learning more about credit, budgeting, investing and other money skills.
At least according to Russ Wiles in his article entitled: Money 101.
Money 101 also highlights free financial workshops to be [...]
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Safer Speculation
Although this blog leans towards discussing Wall Street, the stock market, the economy, and other financial topics, my “About My Blog” link details the usually “rational” approach that I use to limit my risks when it comes to my own personal stock market speculations.
This morning I read an article posted on Morningstar.com entitled: Speculate Without [...]