Weekly Highlights: March 8, 2009
Have you started your tax returns yet? If not, please check out my TaxCut Premium Federal + E-file giveaway – the first of four winners will be announced this Tuesday. As for me, my returns are almost done, I am just waiting to open a SEP IRA account with TradeKing and fund my wife’s Roth [...]
Five Reasons Lending Club Beats Credit Cards When Funding a Small Business
With the current credit crunch, raising capital to start or expand a small business can be a real challenge. The bitter irony is that while interest rates are at historic lows, access to funding sources has all but dried up. As a result, many small companies have turned to business credit cards. While credit cards [...]
Weekend Reading: September 28, 2008
The first Presidential Debate was terrific. Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama shared their thoughts about The Financial Crisis of 2008. I was ecstatic when Obama clearly articulated other crises that also require our attention, but I also have to give McCain a credit for using the word GREED to explain our current dilemma.
10 Day [...]
With the recent turn of events, I have been giving a lot of thought about what to do in event of economic slowdown — i.e., recession, stagflation, depression, financial doom, or whatever you want to call it. As I put this list of 5 strategies together, I realize that they are nothing more than responsible [...]
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