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How Your Personality Affects Saving and Spending Habits

Your personality affects how you think about money — especially your saving and spending habits! These money tips go beyond being a “saver” or a “spender” – it’s about knowing how your personality and childhood affects your ability to invest money, save money, spend money, and create financial abundance.
Below are are a few questions to get you thinking about your money [...]

1Jan2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 11 comments | Continued
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Money Articles – How to Save, Invest, and Earn More Money

This list of money articles includes everything from tips on saving money to earning more money, including a financial expert’s best ways to invest money. If you want to achieve your financial goals, this is a great place to start!
Before the money tips, a quip:

“The rule is not to talk about money with people who have [...]

12Aug2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
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Where Should I Invest Money – Real Estate or the Stock Market?

If you’re lucky enough to have extra money to invest, here’s help for deciding if you should invest in real estate or the stock market. These tips for creating financial abundance are from from financial advisor Travis Freeman. 
Before his tips, a quip:

“October:  This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks,” said Mark Twain. [...]

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401K Options for Poor Company Plans and Job Changes

Is your company’s 401K plan a good one – and what happens to your 401K if you change jobs? These 401K options are from financial expert Rick Rodgers.
Before the tips, a quip:

“Retirement is wonderful,” said Gene Perret. “It’s doing nothing without worrying about getting caught.”
Retirement – and doing nothing – is even more wonderful when [...]

13Jul2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 4 comments | Continued
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How to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio

One way to achieve your financial goals is to diversify your investment portfolio. Here, financial expert Mark J. Aubry explains what diversifying your portfolio means, and shares three investment tips.
Before the tips, a quip:

“Diversification is the closest thing to a free lunch.  You might as well eat a lot of it.” Kenneth French.
For a wide [...]

26Jun2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
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How Compound Interest and Simple Interest Rates Work

This simple, easy comparison of compound versus simple interest rates includes two tips for maximizing the benefits of compound interest. Financial expert and author Adam Goodman also describes two surprising facts about compound interest…
Before the tips, a quip:

“Many of the biggest and most far-reaching investments we make in our lives are investments that have little [...]

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3 Tips for Buying Life Insurance

Confused about riders, captive agents, or the difference between temporary and permanent life insurance? Here’s help! These tips for buying life insurance are from finance professional Ryan Pinney, of TheProAdvisor.com.

“Life insurance is one of the most commonly misunderstood and under-used financial products available,” says Pinney. “Most people don’t understand how, when, or why to use [...]

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The Benefits of Short-Term Versus Long-Term Investments

If you have a little extra money, you’ll need to decide whether you want to invest in short or long-term investments (or a little of both!). Financial expert Mark J. Aubry describes the difference between investing for the present or the future.

“If you want to earn high returns, be prepared to suffer grievous losses from [...]

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Investment Tips – How to Bounce Back From a Bad Financial Investment

Bad financial investments are part of investing money and achieving financial goals – and so is bouncing back from bad investments! These investment tips are from financial planner Laura Mattia, who describes when you should sell a bad investment and how to overcome a financial decision you regret.

“Since making my own bad investment decision, I have decided [...]

17Jun2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
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Investment Tips for Women – How to Take Charge of Your Money

The best way to manage money stress is to take charge of your finances, especially for women who wanna be rich! These investment tips for women are from financial advisor Barbara King, who also explains why many women aren’t eager to deal with personal finance.
Before her tips, a quip:

“We [wealthy people, wise investors] simply attempt to be fearful [...]

12Jun2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued