“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.” — Woody Allen Ah, to be the billionaire owner of a…
Personal Finance
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Anyone reading my columns for any length of time knows that I encourage everyone to try starting their own business, even if it doesn’t work out as a career. There…
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Back in 2009 the German central bank, the Bundesbank, announced they were concerned they hadn’t been paying enough attention to their gold reserves stored in overseas central banks. It’s not…
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While there are many reports published about the rate of failure of new business ventures, few of them are encouraging. A study by a Harvard Business School senior lecturer provides…
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There’s nothing easy about getting out of debt. The companies that loan you money for everything from your morning latte, to the car you drive to get to the coffee…
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If you have any investments at all, good for you. The average American family has just $3,800 in their savings account, and one in four have no savings or emergency…
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It’s been talked about for years. It’s been the subject of angry debates and dynamic investment seminars. But each time the subject comes up, it’s summarily dismissed as the ranting and…
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This Winter put a damper on the economy, which is pretty amazing when you think about it. Even in the absence of epic snowstorms and traffic-snarling ice, winter has never…
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The fiscal cliff battles in Congress seem to have calmed down, but we shouldn’t be lulled into thinking though that the problem has gone away. We remain a nation that…
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One of the challenges in our modern financial world is the financial entertainment industry, which long ago left actual financial news reporting in the rear view mirror, and now acts…