Tag: Biblical investing
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Wisdom From the Wild Can Inspire Investors
The natural world is full of lessons for wise and prosperous living, as King Solomon shows us again and again in proverbs such as Proverbs 6:6: “Go to the ant, o sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom.” That’s true even in today’s financial world, where lessons learned from facing the challenges of the…
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Tax Breaks for Investors Take a Hit This Year
Investing with the prudence and wisdom King Solomon advises means keeping up with all the financial issues that affect your investing career. It’s no secret that real estate invesetment benefits from a generous list of tax credits and deductions that property owners can claim every year, But as lawmakers tinker with tax reform, some of…
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Post-Lawsuits, Big Banks Try New Strategies
One of the basic principles for doing good business Solomon-style is to act with justice and equity to everyone. But as we’ve reported in this space before, those qualities have been in short supply among the country’s biggest banks, as shown by the long list of government-backed lawsuits filed against them in the aftermath of…
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Information Overload Can Stall Goals
Learning is the foundation for wisdom and prudence, as King Solomon tells us again and again in his Proverbs. “ If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul,” he says in Proverbs 2:10 -11, “Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee.” But in an age when information about anything…
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Social Media Activity Can Sink Loan Applications
Prudent people pay attention to wise advice to steer clear of reputation-damaging people and places, as King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 2_11-12: “Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, that thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things.” While the wise king had actual…
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The Federal Reserve Plots a Course for the New Year
“Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence,” King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 3:13-14. “The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold.” And now, as the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee, or FOMC, prepares to meet for the first…
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5 Resolutions for Better Investing in 2014
It’s that time of the New Year again, when resolutions are made and broken. But alongside the usual plans to lose weight, get organized or learn to dance, it’s not a bad idea to put some of that resolve into managing your investments. Inspired by King Solomon’s advice from the Book of Proverbs to act…
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Top 5 Money Stories of 2013
In the first verses of the Book of Proverbs. King Solomon tells us that his words are meant to help others “to know wisdom, and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:2) In the spirit of the great King’s intention, we’ve been bringing you the trending topics of our day that affect investing and prudent money management. Here’s a…
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New Rules Change the Lending Landscape in 2014
“The path of the just is a shining light,“ King Solomon says in Proverbs 4:18. Today, a string of lawsuits and new laws are attempting to bring justice to the ethically challenged US mortgage lending industry. And these efforts to protect consumers and hold lenders to new standards are changing the landscape of lending in…
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New Debt to Income Ratio Rule May Cool Borrowing
King Solomon reminds us that wisdom and equity go hand in hand – and create the foundation for a prosperous blessed life. But efforts to create an equitable solution can have unintended outcomes. That’s what may happen in 2014, when new provisions of the sweeping Dodd Frank Act tighten up borrowing standards in an effort…