College students often dread the word network. I remember when I first heard the term, I thought it was ridiculous. Why should I become friends with someone just for what they could offer me? I don’t like to be taken advantage of, and I wouldn’t want to do that to someone else. Once I graduated
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Many people look at new year’s resolutions as a good thing. They make vows to get healthy, save more money, spend less money, give up vices or bad habits and more. Do these all sound great to you? Most people would say yes. However, all of the above are bad resolutions. Why do you ask?
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I just finished reading Hill Harper’s new book, The Wealth Cure. I’ve been taking the time to read more on some of the finance books that have been coming out lately in order to give you a review of some of the best books on investing and personal finances. Why a Financial Book? Hill Harper
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As an investor, it is important that you know some key terms. These terms are important to you if you are investing passively with an index and especially if you are choosing stocks on your own. And since this is a teaching type of post, we are going to take a trip down memory lane.
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Money management requires some discipline. Personal finance is 80% behavior and 20% knowledge, so that behavior needs to include some discipline about spending, saving and tracking your money. This normally includes developing a touch of frugality. Don’t immediately think miserly ways, think ability to make sound economic decisions about money. Think luxury in frugal living,
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“You can’t cut your way to financial freedom.” I can’t remember who told me that quote, but it’s so true. Many times we focus just on cutting our expenses, but sometimes we find that there is nothing left to cut back. You also need to increase your income. Think about losing weight. Many fitness experts
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What do banks do with their cash? Well if you look at the assets on the Bank of America balance sheet you will see a summary of their assets and liabilities. You can find Bank of America’s balance sheet at Morningstar.com. The balance sheet of any company is a snapshot at a moment in time
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According to CelebrityNetWorth.com and Forbes.com, Kimberly Noel Kardashian, mother of North West and partner of Kanye West, is worth $40 million and earned an estimated $10 million in one year as of June 2013. (Source and Source) There are several reasons why people cannot stop talking about Kim and they don’t all have to do
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A few weeks ago I wrote a post asking you to ask 5 questions before buying a new iPhone. I was inspired to write that post because a friend of mine was trying to figure out how she could get off of work early to buy the new phone. I wrote the article and then
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By Kim Renée Nelson I enjoy shopping. If I could, I would be internet and personal shopping all over the place. I surf the web and window shop seeing all the things I need. Ok, things the advertising industry says I need. However, my budget says “slow your roll girl”! So, I have to be
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