If your parents were more strict on you growing up, you might have tried harder, gotten richer, and become more successful. What do you think? The earliest memory I have of my father disciplining me was when I threw a hissy fit as a 4th grader. I went into his office and tore up all […]
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I’ve admitted to disliking the stock market during times of great volatility. But, there are those rare days when everything goes right and I just love it. Those days are when your shorts go down in an up market, when your longs go up in a down market, your longs go up more during an
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As I’m off to London this summer for business and Wimbledon, I thought it would be a good idea to interview Sarah Wood, Co-Founder of Unruly Media, a social video advertising platform based in London. Sarah has been voted UK Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the Growing Business Awards, one of 15 Women to Watch in Tech by Inc.,
Let me share with you how to make a lot of money in the stock market and STILL feel bad. The stock market really has a way of humbling us all at some point. On May 5, 2013 I wrote an article called, “Should I Invest In China? A Top Down And Bottoms Up Perspective.”
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In a hot rental market, with ever-rising rents, it can be stressful trying to find a place that meets your criteria and a landlord that’s willing to rent to you. Being prepared is crucial. In this post, I’ll go over all the application documents needed when renting an apartment or house. I was inspired to
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What’s so bad about the Bank of Mommy and Daddy? We’re back again with what’s turning out to be a really entertaining series showcasing curiously angry comments from readers who find my site through online search. Just to give you some background, roughly 75% of this site’s pageviews a month comes from new readers through
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When you join a company, you may have to decide between equity o cash compensation. Usually, the equity or cash compensation is split more heavily towards cash. However, at a startup, you may elect to have lower cash compensation for more equity compensation. As a veteran worker who has received cash and equity compensation over
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And just like that, I’m no longer in the 800+ credit score club full of beautiful people. As part of my mortgage application process, the bank had to pull my credit score. The big white envelope in the mail with the results reminded me of my college acceptance letter way back in 1994. When I
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From Debtor To Millionaire is a guest post from J.D. Roth, who founded the blog Get Rich Slowly in 2006 and is the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual. I first met JD in 2010 for lunch up in Portland when I was still working. By that time, J.D. was already a mini-celebrity in
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I don’t understand people who don’t use credit cards. Not only do you get an interest free loan for 30 days, you also get rewards points. Perhaps even more importantly, you get fraud and conflict protection. In “When Saving Money Is No Longer Worth Your Time But You Do It Anyway,” I called up my
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