Tag: financial investing
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Human Needs Drive Investing Success
What do people really need? King Solomon knew that living a life guided by wisdom and prudence leads to prosperity that gives people what they need to feel secure, safe and satisfied – home, family and a connection with God. Recognizing those needs can lead to investing success, too – and an old psychological theory…
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Tax Season Means Tax ID Theft
The Proverbs of King Solomon are full of warnings against liars, cheaters and deceivers. That pretty well sums up the nature of today’s hackers and scammers, who hijack personal information from all kinds of sources. Tax ID theft is up 66 percent from just four years ago, and most victims don’t know they’ve been hit…
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Fewer First Time Buyers: More Renters
“Wisdom hath built herself a house, “ says King Solomon in Proverbs 9:1. And in today’s world, the wise King’s words point up the smart move of buying houses. But many would be homebuyers remain locked out of the process, thanks to factors including more stringent mortgage lending standards and an iffy employment picture. And…
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Is Another Housing Bubble About to Burst?
King Solomon tells us that discernment is the way to prosperity—and that means casting a critical eye on circumstances and learning from the past. Now, with memories of the recent housing collapse still relatively fresh, some financial and housing experts are finding signs of another one looming on the horizon thanks to rising home prices,…
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Market Patterns Affect Investing Success
King Solomon tells us that wisdom and discernment lead to prosperity. When it comes to investing in income property, Jason Hartman does too. Keeping control of your investments and “playing the field” with properties in different markets is the cornerstones o a sound investing strategy. And since there’s no one housing market that fits all,…
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International Students Boost Local Markets
Regardless of what’s happening in the world, the quest for wisdom, King Solomon’s key to a preposterous life, knows no boundaries. Just as American college students plan for a semester abroad in places like Paris or Milan, students from countries all over the world continue to flock to American colleges and universities. Some stay for…
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Exchange CEO Suicide Another Blow for the Bitcoin?
The route to prosperity begins with wisdom, mixed with a hefty dose of prudence – the tools you need to avoid the pitfalls of the world of investing. And right now, those virtues are sorely needed to sort out the tangle of theories, information and misinformation surrounding the evolution of alternative currencies and the rash…
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Low-Tech Real Estate Scams Still Thrive
King Solomon tells us it’s prudent to avoid deceitful and lying types – and there’s no shortage of those people around with a seemingly endless stream of scams to trap the unwary. And these scammers are making big money with a few old real estate scams in slightly new clothing. Case in point: a very…
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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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Time Is On the Side of Smart Investors
When the movie Star Wars came out, France was still using the Guillotine for executions – a curious factoid that points up that what seems like a long time really may not be. King Solomon tells us in his Proverbs that wisdom offers “length of days,” (Proverbs3:5) along with riches ad prosperity, and it’s that…