The Dip can happen to anyone.
It starts with massive success. You pick up a hobby, new skill, or start a business, and you’re crushing it. Everything you touch just seems to work. But it’s short lived. Beginner’s luck dries up. It gets hard to nail even the basics. You feel like you’ve somehow gotten worse the harder you try. Effort […]
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Peer To Peer Lending Explained
Sick and tired of borrowing money from financial institutions? Well, no longer! You can now borrow money directly from your peers. That’s right—with the magic of the internet, you can be in debt to faceless strangers instead of faceless institutions. One moment while I get my tongue out of my cheek… Here’s how it works… […]
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How Rockefeller Made His Billions
I’ll bet you don’t think you have much in common with John D. Rockefeller. After all, he was America’s first self-made billionaire.¹ At the time of his death in 1937, he was worth over $340 billion in today’s money. How rich is that? If you combined the wealth of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Jeff […]
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‘Growing wealth gap and rising inflation … hurt the global economy at almost every turn,’ Jamie Dimon says
What a difference 25 years can make. The world today is a markedly different place from the world that existed at MarketWatch’s inception in October 1997. JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM CEO Jamie Dimon expressed it aptly when we reached out to him for his take on the state of the global economy and markets and his […]
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Ron Harris, CEO of Financial Literacy Group is speaking about Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage, at the Los Angeles Small Business Expo, September 8th, 2022
Ron Harris, CEO of Financial Literacy Group is speaking at the Los Angeles Small Business Expo September 8th, 2022 at 1:pm Pacific Time Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage, a financial solution that turns debt into income and wealth.1:00 WORKSHOP ROOM NUMBER: 1 Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage allows any consumer or business owner with debt, to bank like a […]
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‘Every month I express my concerns to my adviser, but he says not to worry.’ My 401(k) has lost over 20% and I can’t afford to lose that kind of money. Is it time to find a new adviser?
Question: My 401(k) was doing ok for a while, but since January of this year it has been losing money that I can no longer afford to lose. I want to retire in a year and my 401(k) has lost over 20% and was not that large to begin with. Every month I express my concerns […]
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Financial Literacy Group launches Hybrid Mortgage Arbitrage.
How do banks, credit unions, and other organizations in the finance industry use tax-advantaged products to offset costs? Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) is a great way for banks to save money on their employee benefit costs. Banks are responsible to pay their employees an adequate employee benefit package. All while being fiscally responsible and […]
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Be Like Buffett
Warren Buffett didn’t become a billionaire overnight. Instead, he leveraged simple concepts over decades to build a vast fortune. (He didn’t become a billionaire until age 57.) But the vast majority of his wealth wasn’t created until he was past the normal retirement age… Read the full article » I publish new articles every week, […]
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EY financial wellness tool sees 47% increase in visits
Research shows people of all ages are increasingly turning to financial planners and advisers for help with overall financial wellness as well as retirement planning. Recent research shows that people of all ages are seeking more help with financial wellness and retirement savings and planning, and many are interested in financial wellness help from financial […]
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How to close the racial wealth divide
Rodney Brooks has spent most of his life as a financial journalist but offering informal advice to his African-American friends and colleagues has been a big part of who he is as a person. And his support has been a game-changer for those lucky to cross paths with him. That’s particularly true of those he […]
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