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Friday, March 12, 2010

Simplicity leads to wealth

Posted by Don on October 22, 2009

A lot of people think you need to be a high income earner to be financially independent, but I contend that financial independence is a state of mind.  We have all heard about multi millionaires who have ended up bankrupt and also heard the stories about the couple who earns $50,000 per year and after [...]

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Increasing your returns

Posted by Don on May 19, 2009

How many of you wonder why your mutual fund, investment adviser (broker) got 1%-2% fees on you account last year when it went down 40%?  Aren’t we paying those fees so an adviser can protect our funds from being wiped out?
This is not a rant on investment advisors or brokers.  Most of them are not [...]

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How to build an emergency fund

Posted by admin on April 30, 2009

A lot of my posts are investment related, but we all have to have money to invest in the first place.  With that said I sat down and tried to think of how I have been able to save money and why you need to save money.
The rule of thumb for an emergency fund is [...]

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Cheap things to do with your kids

Posted by Don on April 20, 2009

I went on a camping trip with my oldest child last weekend with a program through the YMCA called adventure guides.  This is a program where dad’s and their children spend time together.  Two weekends of the year we go to our local YMCA campgrounds and about 120 dads, sons, and daughters spend a weekend [...]

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