The Last Dollar Lesson
By Craig Floyd
My parents were children of the depression and adults during World War II. They worked hard, were thrifty and knew the value of a dollar. That meant saving and scraping for every item that they needed. It was a time of…
Unlimited Purchasing Power
By Jason I. Henderson, Ph.D.
What would you buy if you had unlimited amounts of money? Almost an absurd question is it not? But think about it a minute - would you buy the world's supply of diamonds? All the houses? How…
Quick Decisions
By Craig Floyd
It is interesting to study habits of people who are wealthy in terms of money. Specifically millionaires have certain traits that probably help them with the way they approach their finance life. One such trait is that…
Emergency Federal Reserve Meetings?
The Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen and President Obama are meeting today in an emergency meeting. If that is not alarming enough, that meeting is also including Vice President Biden. There is an important article you should read…
Why you should reconsider “Buy Term and Invest the Rest”
Dave Ramsey, Suzy Orman, and others love to jump on A L Williams' mantra Buy Term and Invest the Rest. There are real reasons (not emotion) that can be demonstrated to refute this strategy. In addition to those here is a great read from a study…
Retirement plan problems.
By Michael A. Fletcher December 9
A measure that would for the first time allow the benefits of current retirees to be severely cut is set to be attached to a massive spending bill, part of an effort to save some of the nation’s most distressed…
What If You Lose?
A recent conversation brings this topic to focus. While flying, two men, we’ll name them Don and Jeff, engaged conversation and as is common these days the conversation turned to money.
Jeff mentioned, almost bragging, that he had socked…
To Control or Be Controlled
I know I have discussed this before but in my way of thinking "control" determines your wealth.
Control is the thing. You want control. Control of your life, your thoughts, your wealth, your appetites, your desires and passions, etc. Control…
The “New” Old Fashion Way
The New Old Fashion Way
In the popular Christmas jingle “Dancing around the Christmas Tree” a line says “we’ll celebrate in the new old fashion way.” Well how about handling our money in the “new old fashioned way?”
What…
The Box YOU Live In
It seems that each of us lives in a “box”. This box is a set of life’s choices and circumstances. It is the sum of who you now are and will become. We rarely take stock of the box we live in other than a quick and fleeting wish…
