Celebrity Charity: Is that an Oxymoron?
August 27, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Think back to your high school English days and the exciting discussions you used to have about oxymoron. You know those phrases like wicked good, terribly pleased, and old news. It was always fun to come-up with a few of them. But there’s a phrase that is often uttered in the media that I find [...]
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Offshore Banking is Not Evil!
August 18, 2008 by JS · Leave a Comment
This article was previously sold as an eBook. Due to a special arrangement by the author I have been given permission to publish it in its entirety. It was originally published in 1986, and updated in 2006. The principles are the same:
“Using an offshore bank account legally; paying your taxes and reporting your transactions, you [...]
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Top 10 Highest Paid Male Athletes
August 9, 2008 by JS · Leave a Comment
Why do they Make So Much?
In honor of the Olympics I thought it would be fun to explore the idea of money in sports. So I headed over to Forbes’ list of the 10 highest paid male athletes.
This list is based on earning for the period of June 1, 2007, and June 1, 2008. Some [...]
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I wish I had married for money, not love
July 25, 2008 by JS · 6 Comments
The concept of marrying for money has always fascinated me. Of course I am a guy and the question primarily comes from a female perspective…but not always.
The idea of marrying for money is something that very few would admit to, but yet it happens all the time. It’s considered a “negative” thing to do, but [...]
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10 Rags to Riches Billionaires
July 10, 2008 by JS · 6 Comments
Feeling the need for a little inspiration on the road to wealth building? I always love to read about people who have beat the odds and made a dramatic rise in their financial situation.
What follows are the stories of 10 billionaires who started with nothing and now have it all.
Ingvar Kamprad
Net worth: $31 billion
World’s richest [...]
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How Rich People Spend Their Time
June 26, 2008 by JS · 9 Comments
Let me ask you a straightforward question…would you like to be rich?
A stupid question right, of course everyone wants to be rich. Have you ever thought about what it really means to be wealthy?
This week in the Washington Post there was an article that could make the idea of being rich, much less attractive:
Nobel Prize-winning [...]
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5 Ways to Have a Frugal Summer Vacation
June 13, 2008 by JS · 4 Comments
Summer vacations are feeling the crunch of the rising gas prices. Many families are rethinking elaborate travel plans and scrapping them for shorter trips or just staying home.
This means you have to be more creative as you re-plan your big summer getaway. While it may seem disappointing to your travel companions at first, [...]
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Celebrity Foreclosures - How Can it Happen?
June 6, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Two big celebrities faced foreclosure this week, as both Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield joined the more than one million Americans being sucked under by the dive in real estate values.
Since we idolize and fanaticize about the live’s of the rich & famous, is there a financial reality lesson here?
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon: Well, if you [...]
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Find Happiness by Working After Retirement
May 31, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
It is a fact that the workforce is aging out. That means that more and more people will be heading out of the work force in the next ten years.
Will there be enough good qualified workers to replace them? It doesn’t look like it.
Many baby boomers are returning to the workplace after they [...]
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Five Perfect Jobs for Retirees
May 23, 2008 by JS · 3 Comments
If you pay attention to financial and social economic trends (embarrassed to say that I do), you’ll already be aware that people are retiring at a later age all the time. Partly this is due to the fact that we are living longer and therefore need more money to make it from age 65 to [...]
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