Tag: Christian investors
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Prudent Investors Invest to Protect Assets
As King Solomon’s Proverbs tell us, prudence is a watchword for smart investing. But in the rush to grab a good deal, it’s important to remember that a prudent step is to invest to protect the investment. For investors hoping to build long term wealth from income property, one of those wise protections is a…
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The Coin: a Digital Wallet for a Paperless World
King Solomon’s ageless advice on managing money and living a prosperous life hinges on prudence and wisdom – and being skeptical of the promises of strangers. And, as the Coin, a new digital device that promises to take the place of a traditional wallet full of cards and cash, splashes onto the scene, the wise…
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Can Bank Fraud Cases Harm the Economy?
The recent string of lawsuits pressed by the government against the country’s big banks might have been unheard of in the days of King Solomon, but the wise king’s words on evildoers and liars still apply. The ways of the Lord include wisdom and “keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints,…
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A Quantitative Easer Speaks the Truth about the Stimulus
Speaking truth reaps rewords from heaven, King Solomon tells us in Prov4rbs 10:21: “The lips of the just teach many.” That may be more important than ever in today’s complex world of information overload, where the truth about major financial misdeeds might never be known unless an insider comes forth to tell it. That’s what…
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Caught in Snares, Bank of America Pays Up Again
“The unjust will be caught in their own snares,” says King Solomon in Proverbs 11:6. And the wise King’s famous comment on the wisdom of right living still holds true, as yet another bank fraud settlement finds US megalender Bank of America caught in another multimillion dollar snare of its own making. The newly-settled case,…
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VA Loan Loophole Creates Investing Opportunities
King Sokmon’s advice on money management hinges on prudence, wisdom – and seizing opportunities at the right time, as we see from the famous lines of Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, which tell us that there’s a time for everything under heaven. For veterans of the US military services, Veterans Administration loans can open up opportunities to…
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The Reluctant Landlord: Turning a Home Into a Rental
King Solomon’s proverbs stress again and again the valor of houses – and their connection to wisdom. But today, economic conditions and an iffy employment picture are convincing some homeowners that the wisest option is to rent out their properties. And while becoming a reluctant landlord may be a prudent move that can open the…
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Is Gold a Prudent Investment Today?
In his many proverbs about what’s important in life, King Solomon reminds us that wisdom and prudence rank far above worldly riches, silver and gold. Today, too, as the price of gold continues to fluctuate, market watchers are raising questions about the place of gold – and the so-called “gold standard” will have in today’s…
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Can Vampires and Zombies Stall the Housing Recovery?
Vampires and zombies may be hot Hollywood properties, but King Solomon advises against believing such things are real. But the housing collapse of a few years ago did create large numbers of so-called “vampire “ and “zombie” properties that are very real indeed – and this backlog of unsellable foreclosures could slow down the housing…
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Fannie Mae’s Lawsuit Exposes Banking’s Wicked Plots
Among the things the Lord hates, as King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 6:16-18, is “a heart that deviseth wicked plots.” And a new lawsuit filed by mortgage megalender Fannie Mae against several major US and foreign banks for illicit acts involving international LIBOR rates points up the fact that the “wicked plots” hatched by…