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A Roundup of New Blogs to Check Out
It has been way too long since I have written anything for this site. I am sorry about that but I got very, very busy and just never found time to write something new. But I have been keeping an eye on other sites that share ideas for making money or managing money. Here is a short list of sites that I think are pretty interesting. Ben Thomas Budgeting with the Bushmans David Akeman Dream Horizon Edward Curzon Fit’n’Poor Frank’s Haven Journey to Saving The Local-invest Rotation Strategy Blog My Trust Fund Dreams The Paradox Blog The Pinchback Rags to Riches The Single Dollar Young Money While I cannot promise…
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Use Coupons to Make Money Online
Have you ever heard about “couponing arbitrage”? Arbitrage is the practice of buying and selling products and service at the same time (you act as a middle man), where you earn a profit from your sale. There is a sports betting system called “coupon arbitrage” but that is not what I am talking about here. Couponing arbitrage is the practice of using manufacturer coupons to buy merchandise on sale and then selling that same merchandise elsewhere. Manufacturers sometimes offer great coupons to retailers to help spur sales of old inventory or to generate excitement about new products. You may never see these coupons again but if you know the products…
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British Investment Strategist Markas Gilmartin Advocates Professionlism, Ethics
We have seen too many investment and financial services scandals. And there is no way to ensure we won’t see any more. Still, it is good to see financial planners taking steps to rebuild the credibility of their industry. In the United Kingdom that seems to be the story. It’s not so clear if American financial planners are making a similar effort. Every year we learn about some new investment scheme come unraveled. It should come as no surprise that small investors and even some wealthy people are losing faith in the industry that is supposed to safeguard their wealth and help them build the next generation of economic capital.…
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Navigate the Stormy Seas of Options Trading by Learning from Others’ Mistakes
If you follow the career of master investor Warren Buffett at all then you know the man has an uncanny sense of how to make money. But are you aware that Warren Buffett once lost $534 million on options trading? Just goes to show that even the best among us can make mistakes. However, you can’t afford to make a staggering mistake like that. When you have mastered the basics of options trading you’ll feel empowered to start making money by placing your own PUT and CALL contracts out there on the market, but watch out. There are plenty of mistakes to avoid. Here is a quick rundown of some…
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When does Borrowing Money Make the Most Sense?
Sooner or later most of us will borrow money at some point in our lives. For many people borrowing money will become a lifestyle. And while intuitively that may not seem to make much financial sense the truth is really more complicated than that. Debt, especially consumer debt, is a two-edged sword. Accumulation of debt can fuel huge economic growth but only up to a certain point; and then the addition of even more debt or maybe just the failure to pay down the debt leads to economic downturns, what we call recessions and depressions. Of course, a depression is just a very, very bad, deep recession. 100 years ago…
