Do you know what one of the first things an employer does before interviewing a prospective employee? They Google your name to learn all about you. Therefore, to strengthen your brand, you need to have a web presence. Sites like LinkedIn and Facebook flourish because people have decided to provide these sites massive amounts of content for free. Unlike Financial […]
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The following is a guest post by Colleen Kong-Savage, a graphic artist in New York City. She writes and illustrates at Konga Line: Children Are Beastly. Let’s discuss should the man pick up the tab on a date. I am on the dating scene again after sadly breaking up with my boyfriend of two years. But
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Although Social Security is underfunded by ~22%, I believe Social Security will make us all millionaires in retirement. Let me explain, especially with the massive cost-of-living adjustment for 2022. When I was driving home from San Mateo one day I took a wrong turn and ended up at Hillsdale Mall. There I saw an amazing
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Try to be an accredited investor. Once you are, you can invest more easily in private companies. Do you know what the market capitalization was of Microsoft when they went public on March 13, 1986? A mere $500 million (~$1 billion in today’s dollars). If you had bought just 100 shares of Microsoft at the $21 offering
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Do you want downside investment protection? We could be in another financial bubble. But nobody really knows when a correction will take place. Therefore, may I suggest looking into structured notes. This article will give you an example of an equity structured note that provides downside investment protection, while also offering upside potential as well.
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Insider trading is a no no. The profits are not worth the risk. On Saturday, July 16, 2014 I played in a tennis tournament with a partner that worked at Trulia, an online real estate company. He just got his job and was explaining to me how the company makes money through its ad placements for
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A couple mortgage refinances ago, I almost screwed myself because I had an $8 judgment against me from my local utility company that crushed my credit score by ~100 points. I thought I had an excellent credit score of 780, and I did, when I first started my 100 day refinance hell. But when my refinance bank
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Back in 2015, I was rejected for a mortgage refinance. Banks didn’t even offer me a higher rate. They simply refused to refinance my loan. I was a mortgage refinance failure. Let me share with you my experience so you can increase your chances of refinancing or taking out a new mortgage at a great
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On January 30, 2015, I finally opened up my first Motif Investing portfolio with $10,000. I waited until the end of January because I felt there was a lot of uncertainty in the market (there still is), and I was also taking my sweet time doing research on the 30 companies and ETFs I wanted
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If you are making a six-figure income or seven-figure income, congrats! It’s a great achievement to earn over $100,000 a year. However, there are tax penalties for high income earners that you should be aware of. For example, you must pay a 6.2% Social Security tax for the first $176,100 as of 2025. Plus, 1.45%
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