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What Do You Know About Investing? Hopefully, everyone is telling you to be careful about investing. There are no guarantees when you invest. If you are looking at investing in company stock, remember Blockbuster and Kodak. Things happen. Things change. You may hear about rental property being a good investment. But there are major points
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The Unknown Is Just Unfamiliar When I retired my wife and I set out to explore our beautiful country, pulling an RV. We knew a little bit but not a lot about finding routes and RV parks. It was unfamiliar to us. But we made it an adventure, and I shared some of our travel
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Have You Heard of These Terms? Funding your retirement will be up to you! That has become a harsh reality for those who planned to live on Social Security benefits alone in their retirement. If you would like to accomplish items on your “bucket list”, you will need to build funds that can make that
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Farmers and Developers Farmers and Developers see the value of land. They invest based on long-term plans. Most investments have a lower cost consideration than land. That is why saving for that type of investment will be part of your long-term plans. Most successful farmers have inherited their land, which allows them to buy or
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Overcome Your History Perhaps you have experienced setbacks from distressed events in your life, such as I did many years ago. Most of us have lived through difficult times that strained our finances. However, you must not let those events define you. You can make positive changes for growth. Have a little faith but remember
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Do You Plan to Live to 120? That sounds somewhat crazy to us Boomers who see many of our friends passing before they reach 80 years old. However, there is a good chance that many of us will live to be over 90 years old, maybe 100! Medical advances are rapidly changing our possibility of
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Returns Compound Investing scares a lot of people. Their reasoning is simple. Their money would be at risk. There are no guarantees for most investments like stocks and bonds, unlike a bank certificate of deposit (CD). However, the return rate on a bank CD is often very low. Although recently some CDs have paid over
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Get a Grip For many years of my life, I let poor choices ruin my financial well-being. I failed to build assets because I thought I had none. The truth was that I was my best asset. My hope is to help you build a better mindset for money. I want to help you make
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Define Asset Income There is a consensus that financial freedom starts with saving enough to cover most emergencies and avoiding the use of credit. However, the long-term definition of financial freedom that is associated with wealth includes the accumulation of income-producing assets. Asset income can be in the form of revenue, dividends, profits, or interest.
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Do You Own Stocks? Per a Gallop poll in April 2025, 62% of Americans own stock individually or in mutual funds in retirement accounts. Fortunately, that is 1% higher than a poll done in 2023. The highest percentage of stock investors was in the households with incomes of $100,000 plus, which is not surprising. So,