Feature: Susan Beacham follows her dreams with financial education for kids
June 15, 2010 by admin
Filed under 21st Century Learning, Blog, Education, Investing, Kids & Investing
We’re all familiar with the traditional piggy bank. The cute curly tail, smiling piggy face, and slot on its back for depositing cash. It teaches kids to save their money at an early age, produces a hearty jingle from the coins when shaken, and offers a certain satisfaction when the time comes to break it [...]
Silver and Gold Decorations on every Money Tree!
December 10, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Investing, Investment Advice
Robert Kiyosaki is an investor, businessman, self-help author, motivational speaker and inventor. Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material. Here he is interviewed by NewsMax.tv and explains how investors can protect themselves from inflation. Silver is a bargain today he mentions. He reminds us who [...]
Commercial Real Estate Success Stories from KISS?
November 21, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Success, Blog, Entrepreneurs, Investing, Principles, Real Estate, Real Estate, Success
“I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn’t look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.” – Gene Simmons I just got done reading the book “Sex, Money. Kiss” by Gene [...]
Investors Still Stash $ for Retirement
September 30, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Investing, Investing Basics, Kids & Investing
Investors Still Stash $ for Retirement By Joanne Kuster Even the stock market’s wild gyrations in 2008 didn’t deter investors from funding retirement accounts. According to a report on trends from Principal Financial Group Inc., 19.2% of investors participating in retirement programs increased 2008 contributions while 16.5% stopped or decreased contributions. The report looked at about [...]
How to Make Money Fast in Real Estate
September 29, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Blog, Investing, Real Estate, Real Estate
How to Make Money Fast in Real Estate By Alex Nghiem Most rookies looking to make money fast in the market of real estate are always eager to know the secrets that the veterans in the business posses. The real thing is that there are no true secrets about real estate. There are just some [...]
Turn a Spender into an Investor
September 26, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Education, Blog, Education, Investing, Kids & Investing, Kids & Money, Parenting, Teens
By: Joann Kuster Seymour Author, Financial Educator Spending—rather than saving money—is a habit, especially for teens. According to surveys by Teenage Research Unlimited, the average teen has more than $104 a week to spend—five times more than their parents had. Yet, today’s teens are less savvy about money, and most haven’t learned what to do [...]
How are Millionaires Made? by Joann Seymour Kuster
September 26, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Education, Blog, Education, Investing, Kids & Investing, Kids & Money, Parenting, Teens
Joann Seymour Kuster Author, Financial Educator Much of a young person’s paycheck withers away, because most haven’t learned to pay themselves first. Saving and investing is not a habit yet. But it can become one. Learn to pay yourself as much as you can –invest and grow a nest egg for later. You don’t know [...]
Why Teach Kids to Invest in the Stock Market?
September 26, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Education, Blog, Education, Kids & Investing, Kids & Money, Teens
By: Joanne Seymour Kuster Dynaminds Publishing Teens—like most of us—practice spending well. Having “stuff” is cool. Sadly, national surveys show that few teens know what to do with a dollar if it’s NOT spent. So, will these youth be financial failures? Statistics do paint a bleak picture: • College students average $2,169 in monthly credit [...]
Curb Appeal
September 7, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Real Estate
If you have taken on a project that includes improving a home’s curb appeal, there are a few things that you can do to make this task much easier and less cumbersome than it may appear to be. You already have the vision and the expertise, and you know what the yard should look like, [...]
How to become a Millionaire using the same old System.
August 24, 2009 by Crystal O'Connor
Filed under Advice on Money, Blog, Real Estate
It has never before been easier than now to achieve Millionaire status. Opportunities abound yet the characteristics of a millionaire still stand solid. Those characteristics are always found in a system. Millionaires usually all have one thing in common. They have mastered a money system of MSI or otherwise known as Multiple Streams of Income. [...]
