Instant Fortunes, and Sudden Headaches
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Suddenly coming into a lot of money isnât necessarily the ticket to financial freedom.  Instead, it can be difficult to find smart, solid advice for handling it.
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A non-magical approach to building wealth.
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The threat of losing money now could help you make money in the long run.
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When you marry someone, you may be marrying some massive financial headaches.
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Feeling too rich? Here's how to shed some excess wealth.
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Investing can be more pleasure than business.
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If you've got new money, there's an upside to downturns.
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When a financial opportunity seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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Those little investing fees can clobber you down the road.
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Watch your step, or you may be socked with outlandish interest rates.
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Okay, if the mind is powerful, how is your mind making you feel today? It's worth thinking about -- with the stock market down this year, every day worse than the last, many of us are losing lots of money, I know I am, and it's not a good feeling.  I keep arguing with myself, even though I'm losing money at a huge rate, I'm still in good shape financially, I have a nice house, I can pay the bills. But it doesn't help. Inside I feel unsettled, poor, I'm having trouble concentrating. Does it help that I've been through this before? The crash of 1987 was much worse than this downturn, and then I had no cushion, nothing to fall back on, I wasn't even employed when it happened. I was a lot closer to being broke around the turn of the century, even though the market was doing very well. But it doesn't help. No matter how many times I've been through it, I've always known that it's cyclic, that the outlook will likely improve, but knowing isn't the same as feeling. The feeling is much stronger, it can't be counteracted with logic. I can't reason with the feeling, you might say it's un-reasonable. Then I heard that a friend of mine, much younger, with a lot less at stake in the market, is having trouble sleeping because of this feeling. I realize I'm not alone, probably millions of people have a heightened sense of insecurity right now. Does that make it better? Not really... Anyway, I thought, let's post something and find out how others feel about the economy and how much of an impact is it having on our state of mind.
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Investing in small caps that have big bets in one market can sometimes bring rich rewards.
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If your grandmother played the market, she probably invested in utilities for safety and income, not capital gains. She would need to adjust her strategy today.
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A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.
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The crash is coming. Here's how to beat it.
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Oct. 26, 2004 -- Consumers who rely on the float period (the lag time between when a check is deposited and when the funds clear) to get by every month are soon going to find themselves out of luck.
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Acquiring wealth is like a caffeine buzz: a fleeting high that leaves you wanting more.