Tag: Christian investors
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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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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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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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Foreign Investment Heats Up US Housing
King Solomon was no stranger to investing across borders. The great King turned to his neighboring monarchs for the help and materials to build his magnificent temple and used trade and alliances to keep his kingdom secure. And today, as foreign investment in US residential real estate tops $7 billion, housing industry observers are debating…
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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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What Happens to Housing in 2014?
King Solomon had harsh words for those who try to predict the future. But he also reminds us that the wise make good use of the information that’s available in order to make prudent decisions about the next steps to take. As the new year gets underway, investing experts and economists are drawing from last…
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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…
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Can Digital Currency Dominate the Markets?
Gold and silver were the coin of the realm in King Solomon’s day, and even he realized that they were transitory. Now, as the Bitcoin and other digital currencies threaten to dethrone traditional monetary systems on the world stage, financial experts are calling for a dose of the wise king’s virtues of wisdom and prudence…