Billionaires are good at seeing financial trends early, investing before the opportunity is obvious to everyone, and realizing that wealth moves in cycles. They search for the truth – what’s really going on – and they don’t take the media’s word for it. They know the media is tied to advertisers that pay the bills. They don’t want to upset…
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What’s Really Going On With Money
Last time I wrote about currencies and how it’s important to our wealth to understand the changes happening to them. Everything moves in cycles – even money. It’s important to recognize where we are in a cycle so you can plan accordingly. Even though investments may do well for 30 years (like bonds),there’s a time for them not to do…
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7 Ways Arianna Huffington Should Invest Her New Fortune
Arianna Huffington is one smart entrepreneur. In one fell swoop, she legitimized online newspapers and became an icon for women entrepreneurs. Congratulations to Arianna on the sale of the Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million! Arianna now has some serious and difficult decisions to make about what to do with her money. After capital gains and California State income…
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When to Pay Off Debt?
I want to answer a good question about debt I was asked this week… “When you have debt (on a credit card or line of credit) and own a business, how do you know how much to reinvest in your business versus when to pay off your debt?” There’s an easy way to look at this. It’s a two step…
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Women and Wealth
I came across the following statistics about women and wealth recently. They’re not new statistics, in fact they’re a few years old, but I hadn’t heard most of them. Needless to say, I was shocked to read them. Not because women aren’t doing the right things financially (in some cases that’s true, but I was more shocked at how women…
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Truly Conscious Wealth – Where the Financial and Spiritual Meet
I began noticing financial bubbles after the internet bubble. Every so often, one asset seems to go crazy in the economy. I noticed it wasn’t a one-time occurrence, it happened about once a decade. The media uses the term “bubble” in a negative way, by looking in the past after it’s burst. I look at bubbles in a positive way,…
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8 New Ways to Build Wealth: Shopping, Bubbles and Cycles
I’ve always been fascinated with how to build wealth and why some people have lots of money and others don’t. So when I started a financial education business and people told me money matters were boring, I really had to think about their perspective. I concluded they were right…I mean if I viewed money as it’s taught – all columns of numbers and like an accountant, then I’d think it was boring too.
Good Debt and Bad Debt
Are you asking, “Is all debt bad?” Recently I overheard people talking about being so uncomfortable having debt, they wanted to pay off their home mortgage. Is that the right way to be thinking? Let’s examine why that may not be the case and learn about when debt is “good” and when it’s “bad”. Here are 8 tips for you:…
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The 12 Most Important Retirement Concerns
For most people over the age of 50, retirement is an important goal. Today more than ever, workers and investors are concerned where to invest for retirement and how to protect their assets. According to recent surveys, these are the 3 most important concerns today: 1. Health – Did you know 87% of women believe their health care costs in…
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