Tag: Christian investment
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Are Women the Voice of Investing Wisdom?
In King Solomon’s Proverbs, wisdom and knowledge are often represented as women. “Wisdom hath built herself a house, “ says the King in Proverbs 9:1, and in Proverbs 8:1, “Dotn not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?” Though the great King was speaking metaphorically, recent studies on gender behavior reveal that when…
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Bitcoin Trades Trigger Online Scams
King Solomon has two important pieces of advice for a prosperous life: seek wisdom and avoid deceivers. That’s especially important in the brave new world of digital currencies, which have been struggling lately with credibility issues and a bit of an identity crisis. Now, a series of online scams targeting Bitcoin trading on major online…
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Make Room for Prosperous Thinking
Belief and trust in wisdom can guide us to a more prosperous life, says King Solomon. And letting go of the limiting beliefs that put up barriers to new ways of seeing things can be the first step toward making room for the wisdom that leads to prosperity. And for today’s investors, shifting from a…
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Weather Puts a Chill on House Hunting
Did the polar vortex freeze US housing sales this year? King Solomon’s Proverbs frequently use the natural world to illustrate lessons for humans, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that this winter’s harsh weather could have a cooling effect on housing in the hard hit East Coast and Midwest. Although other factors contributed to an…
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Prudent Investors Look Ahead
King Solomon always tells us in his Proverbs that wisdom and prudence are the keys to a successful life – and that’s a sentiment that’s reflected in Jason Hartman’s Next 10 Commandments for Investors, a new set of investing recommendations that follow the key points made in the original set of 10 Commandments for Successful…
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Don’t Let Stress Hurt Investing Success
“To know wisdom and instruction; to understand the worlds of prudence.” That’s how King Solomon’s Book of Proverbs begins, and being able to do these things is key to creating a successful and prosperous life. But in the modern world of investing and finance, stress can compromise an investor’s ability to think clearly and make…
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Home Owners Score on the Big Banks
The Bible story of David and Goliath never fails to capture our imaginations. We love what it says about the little guy winning the day against a seemingly overpowering foe. Now, in the seemingly never-ending string of lawsuits against the nation’s big banks for fraud and manipulation, a pair of cases filed by home owners…
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Insurance Companies Invest Big in Real Estate
The Bible is full of stories about the evils of hypocrisy, and there are no shortages of examples in the modern world as well. Case in point: the nation’s major insurance companies, which persuade consumers that the policies they buy are a valuable investment. But while the’re doing that, they’re opting to put those policy…
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The Dogecoin Benefits From Bitcoin Troubles
Can the world stand yet another new currency? King Solomon reminds us that wisdom and prudence are far more valuable than money. But financial advisers and economists watching the rise of more and more new digital currencies like the brand- new Dogecoin wonder if these anonymous easy to create monetary systems are really prudent —…
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The Bitcoin: Real Money or a Construct?
King Solomon tells us that no currency — not even gold and silver – are as valuable as wisdom, and his words point up how secure those real physical coins are. Now the debate continues over just what place a completely virtual form of exchange has in the world’s money system. As governments ban the…