All Entries in the "Personal Finance" Category
New Year’s Resolutions
2011 is upon us and now is the time to make and act upon New Year’s Resolutions. I have various family and work oriented resolutions, but I’ll just focus on my financial and personal health goals of 2011 in this short article. 1. Max-out 401(k) contributions. The 2011 401(k) contribution max is set at $16,500, [...]
CNBC: College Debt Crisis
As a nice follow-up to my article yesterday regarding Saving for a Child’s College, CNBC followed it up (like they knew I wrote it) with this article related to the College Debt Crisis: Smart Ways to Cover the Cost of College. I hope you enjoy it. Additionally, Watch the premiere of “Price of Admission: America’s College [...]
James Altucher
James Altucher is a hedge fund manager and author. He holds a BS in computer science from Cornell University and a master’s degree in the same subject from Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Altucher is the founder of Stockpickr.com, which was sold to TheStreet.com in 2007. He also was the founder of Reset, a developer of [...]
Saving for a Child’s College
The increasing average college tuition costs are quite scary for a new father such as me. Our daughter turned one on November 30th and I have been thinking about her college education since before she was born, scary I know. What will she want to major in? Will she choose a public or private institution? [...]
Senate and House Pass Tax Cut Extension….Now for Obama’s Signature
Source: Journal of Accountancy The House of Representatives on Thursday by a vote of 277–148 passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, HR 4853, which would postpone the sunset of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, reduce the estate tax, extend a large number of expired provisions, and extend [...]
There is no shortcut to making money…
This guest post is brought to you by The Digerati Life, a general personal finance blog. Most of us know how to make money and spend money; some may even know how to save money, but not all of us are comfortable with investing money, even though recent times are now pressing us to begin [...]
Would you invest in yourself?
In conjunction with the recent investment talk at this website recently, I wanted to ask our readers a question related to the tag line of this website, “Run Your Life like a Business.” Would you invest in yourself if you were a business? Have you ever contemplated such a thought process? What exactly would you [...]
