Tag: Book of Proverbs
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JP Morgan Chase Gets Caught Lying — Again
The Proverbs of King Solomon are full of warnings about consorting with the sinful: those who lie, cheat and harm other people. And those principles still hold today as JP Morgan Chase, one of the biggest US banks, confesses to knowingly writing bad loans for government housing agencies and lying about them for over a…
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Mortgage Troubles Reach Pre-Crash Levels
In the Proverbs of King Solomon, houses represent wisdom and prosperity. And, as we’ve seen in these current economic conditions, the state of housing and jobs today are good indicators of stability and security, too. For many housing market observers, recent statistics on foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rates seem to suggest a brighter future for…
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Does Credit Monitoring Protect Data?
Throughout his Proverbs, King Solomon emphasizes the value of a good reputation for a prosperous, blessed life. But what if your reputation had been hijacked by hackers half a world away – and your credit and reputation were ruined by someone using your identity? In an age of anxiety about Identity theft and the safety…
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Does Identity Theft Insurance Really Work?
One of King Solomon’s most important pieces of advice for living a prosperous life is to maintain a good reputation that isn’t sullied by liars and cheats. Today, with a constant stream of news about identity theft and data hacking in cases like the Target data hijacking and the government’s domestic surveillance activities, anxiety about…
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Can Consorting With Sinners Bring the Bitcoin Down?
To live a wise and Godly life, says King Solomon, avoid the company of sinners, especially those who lie and deceive. “My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them,” he says in Proverbs 1:10. Now, advocates of the Bitcoin worry that the arrest of a Bircoin exchange executive for consorting with money…
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Banking in the Shadows Affects Home Loans
Among King Solomon’s words for wise and prosperous living are many warnings about those who do business in hidden and secret ways. Today, a “hidden” kind of banking known as shadow banking does business alongside the commercial banking we’re familiar with – but without the regulation and oversight that protects both banks and their users.…
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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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What Does Your Online Profile Say About You?
If you can’t be found in a Google search, do you even exist? And if you are found, what will that search reveal about who you are? King Solomon’s Proverbs remind us again and again how important it is to live life wisely and cultivate a reputation for honesty and fairness. And as social media…
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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…