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How to Know if a Company Is Worth Investing In

Posted by Joe Wallace on Aug 20th, 2020 · 0 Comment

How to know if a company is worth investing in? It’s not enough to know a company’s worth–smart investing involves researching a company, knowing important details like the stock’s 52-week average, and how the company operates. Is A Company Worth Investing In? It’s sad to hear otherwise intelligent people talk about wanting to invest in a company like Starbucks because “everybody...
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Fact Check Finance: Skipping Your Morning Coffee Will Make You a Millionaire

Posted by Flanice Lewis on Jul 23rd, 2019 · 0 Comment

Will skipping your morning coffee make you a millionaire? Personal finance pundits love to tell people to give up what they love to become millionaires. One of the more popular soapbox sermons says that you are throwing money away on a daily cup of joe. If you saved it instead, it would make all the difference in your future. How to be a Millionaire Before I give my thoughts, let’s dissect the...
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Looking for a Free Personal Finance App? Here Are 4

Posted by Flanice Lewis on Jul 16th, 2019 · 0 Comment

*Disclosure: One or more of the links below are affiliate links, and I might receive a commission at no cost to you if you sign up.* Personal finance apps range from couponing to budgeting to investing. You use your phone every day, but how many apps do you have related to money? Time magazine estimates that 60% of cell phone users don’t go longer than an hour without checking their phones. Why...
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Does the Super Bowl Influence the Stock Market in Any Way?

Posted by Jackie Cohen on Feb 1st, 2018 · 0 Comment

Some people believe that the Super Bowl can influence how the stock market performs on the day immediately following the game. Jackie CohenJackie Cohen is an award winning financial journalist turned turned financial advisor obsessed with climate change risk, data and business. Jackie holds a B.A. Degree from Macalester College and an M.A. in English from Claremont Graduate University.
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The Dow Jones Crossed the 24,000 Threshold. Now What?

Posted by Jackie Cohen on Dec 1st, 2017 · 0 Comment

The Dow Jones topped 24,000 -- now what?

Stocks appear to be increasing in volatility, yet the markets closed on Monday, December 4 with the Dow Jones Industrial Average is staying north of its most recent threshold, 24,000. Jackie CohenJackie Cohen is an award winning financial journalist turned turned financial advisor obsessed with climate change risk, data and business. Jackie holds a B.A. Degree from Macalester College and an M.A. in...
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Here are some simple guidelines that will help you build wealth:

1) Do the math. Get a budget and calculate your net worth

2) Get an emergency fund. Save at least 6 months worth of expenses

3) Limit costs. Spend no more than 30% of your income on housing

4) Max your retirement. Maximize contributions to your tax-deferred retirement accounts

5) Pay yourself first. Set aside money for yourself before you take care of your other bills

6) Set goals. Goal let you get ahead faster

7) Avoid high interest debt. Avoid credit cards, title loans and other usurious loans

8) Diversify. Diversity your assets.

Fact Check Finance: Skipping Your Morning Coffee Will Make You a Millionaire

Looking for a Free Personal Finance App? Here Are 4

Does the Super Bowl Influence the Stock Market in Any Way?

The Dow Jones Crossed the 24,000 Threshold. Now What?

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