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 $168,600 as of 2024. Plus, 1.45%
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Today’s post comes from a reader named Melissa who is facing the expensive decision of trying IVF with her husband in order to have their first child. Infertility is a sensitive and grappling topic that many couples are facing today. We’re having children later now due to our careers, and many of us are struggling
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I’ve only got two credit cards: one for personal use, and one for business use. I like concentrating all my spending on one card so I can get maximum points to buy things like a home theater system, nights at the Halekulani Hotel, gasoline cards, and tennis racket grips! Credit card reward points have value
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Are you debating on whether to continue working as a contractor or go full-time? There are certainly pros and cons to each method. It’s been over two months since I started consulting at a financial tech startup and I’ve now got to make a decision to lobby for a permanent spot, stay on as a consultant
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