The Power of Passion

Improving this single attitude makes your days fly by. You wake up excited to work. You make the right decisions. You get more done in less time. Improving this attitude affects everyone More »

The Road to Success is in the Fast Lane

You succeed based on the quality of your work, the amount of work we can do and one other factor: speed. How fast can you go?   “THE RAPIDITY OF PARTICLE FLOW More »

The Do-It-Now Habit

Do you feel overworked? Do you have too much to do? Are you not making the progress you want to be making toward your goals? Why can some people produce twice as More »

The Honest Way to Get Rich

You can get everything you want in life as long as you give others enough of what they want. If you give nothing of value, you get nothing of value. Your method More »

Building Confidence: What Should You Be?

Question: What is the best personality or the best identity for you to assume? Answer: Anything you want to be! A cheerful friend, a businesslike executive, a caring listener. Whatever is best More »

 

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It’s particularly compelling as an alternative to holding U.S. dollars…

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Fundamentals of Investment Management (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate)

Fundamentals of Investment Management (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate)

Presenting applied theory alongside real-world examples, Fundamentals of Investment Management provides a survey of the important areas of investments: valuation, the marketplace, fixed income instruments and markets, equity instruments and markets, derivative instruments, and a cross-section of special topics, such as international markets and mutual funds. The text is user-friendly, but makes no concessions to the importance of covering the latest and most important material for the student of

Nonprofit passion ahead of planning

Scott Pankratz and Julie Osborn are phenomenal planners and money managers — except when it comes to their own investments.
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Feast your feelers on OSLH today!

TGIF, Roachland!

The “OSL” in OSL Holdings, Inc. (OSLH) stands for “Office Supply Line,” but the similarities to “Office Space” end there!

OSLH is a lot more than a souped-up version of Staples.

And as this baby stock takes on the giant, traders are warming up to its previously obscure chart.

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Futures Higher as Wall Street Looks For Post Crisis High!

Morning Outlook Wall Street is heading higher in premarket trading Friday, trying to recover the prior sessions losses. Investors await two economic data points this morning, including 4Q2011 GDP…



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Laid off and making the retirement savings last

Ed Parker never planned on retiring early. But in 2009, at age 61, he was laid off from his job as a manager at a Caterpillar dealership and realized he was ready to end full-time work. His wife, Roxann, had retired a decade earlier from her job at a department store, and travel plans beckoned.
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Banks Grab at Bigger Retirement Share

BOSTON (TheStreet) — Despite widespread complaints — and considerable outrage — directed at the nation’s “big banks,” Americans increasingly turn to them for investment advice.

Research by Hearts & Wallets, a firm that analyzes retirement market trends for the financial services industry, shows that banks now serve as the primary source of retirement advice for 43% of Americans, an increase of two percentage points from a year ago, with gains across all investment product categories.

Despite anger at “big banks,” more pre-retirees are turning to them for their nest egg needs.

The findings come from a survey of more than 4,500 households nationally and statistics based on 9,000 responses on specific financial firms.

Watch What You Pay at the Pump: Safe Driving Tip for the Road to Retirement

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage.

By Richard Schmitt

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Penny pinching gets a bad rap. Sometimes you may feel that salesmen get offended by customers who ask questions about a product’s pricing. Sure they deserve to be paid a fair price. But then what is fair when it comes to the price you pay for gas, or for that matter of investing your retirement savings?


A Software Reboot Might Just Save This Ailing Phone Giant

This turnaround is far from a sure thing, though.
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