Money for the Rest of Us

The financial goal of most working professionals is to build a substantial net worth in order to retire comfortably and enjoy the finer things of life. The truth is that with proper money management most working professionals could actually retire quite young. The real factors that come into play are how much do you earn [...]

There’s a really interesting piece in the Washington Post today about Socially Responsible Funds. I’ve always thought that socially responsible funds are a great way to invest in what you value. If you value the environment or don’t want to give money to big tobacco or promote weapons, then socially responsible funds seem like a [...]

No Limits Ladies has a moving post about what $10 invested today will buy you in the future. (I was crying by the end of the post.) I won’t say to much about the post, because I think it really speaks for itself, but it just reminded me about the reasons why I’m investing today [...]

There is a great comment today over at Ramit’s blog. There is a bit of a debate going on about the current market and yesterday’s drop and whether this is the beginning of a recession. Check out comment number 7: Index Funds. Tax deferred accounts. Automatic re-occurring investments into the fund(s). Forget about it till [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 416 points today.   The media is creating a big hype about it because it’s the biggest drop since September 11th.  But, there really is no need for anyone one to get too worried.  Here are four reasons I don’t care and you shouldn’t either. Money is in the stock [...]