Tag: financial management
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Good Leases Can Prevent Problems
In the past few posts, we’ve been taking a look at prudence – one of King Solomon’s essential virtues for successful investing. “That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence,“ he says in Proverbs 2:2. For income property investors, a customized lease that covers all aspects of a rental property…
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Prudent Investors Insure Their Investments
King Solomon’s enduring advice for investors hinges on prudence – caution and foresight combined with wisdom. That’s the key, he says, to a long and prosperous life. Prudence dictates that it’s wise to protect assets in every way possible – and in our modern world, that includes insuring them. Yet income property investors may be…
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Wickedness Exposed: New Bank Fraud Lawsuits
Throughout his Proverbs, King Solomon advises those seeking to live a Godly life to steer clear of the wicked, and to avoid those who lie and defraud. “Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee,” he tells us in Proverbs 4:14. One well-documented “way of…
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Is Stagflation Back? Wise Investors See Benefits
King Solomon’s words of wisdom offer sound advice for all aspects of investing. The central virtues of his Proverbs – wisdom, prudence and justice – can always help investors sort through the blizzard of advice, often conflicting information and market predictions that can paralyze newbies and seasoned veterans alike. Those virtues are especially helpful when…
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Global Economic Clout Heads West
King Solomon was no stranger to international trade. His connections with neighboring rulers brought prosperity and resources to his kingdom, and supported the building of his great Temple. But as the Book of Kings tells us, changing political conditions could shift those connections from peace to war and vice versa. And today, economists are also…
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Power Companies vs. Solar Power: Who Wins?
King Solomon advocated prudence in all things – wise action with an eye to the future. “Incline thy heart to prudence,” he says in Proverbs 2:3-5. “If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure, then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the…
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Short Sales: Bad Name for Good Real Estate?
King Solomon’s advice for successful and prosperous living arises out of the core virtues of wisdom and prudence. And that’s a combination that produces discernment – the ability to see things clearly and recognize truths. Discernment can come in handy in today’s real estate market, too, as homebuyers willing to look past the “short sale”…
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New Bills Target Housing Policy Reform
King Solomon was famous for finding equitable solutions to thorny problems – witness the story of his strategy to discover the true identity of a mother disputing wt another woman over custody of an infant. Now, as US lawmakers float two opposing bills on reforming government housing policy, it remains to be seen whether a…
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Housing Finance Reform Targets the Government’s Role
Along with wisdom and prudence, equity is a major theme in the Proverbs of King Solomon. The purpose of those proverbs, says the King in chapter 1: 3, is “to understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity.” But US policy makers are learning what Solomon…
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What Would Solomon Say About Digital Money?
Although King Solomon was a fabulously wealthy monarch, he valued the virtues of wisdom and prudence as much as money –if not more. “ For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence,” he writes in Proverbs 2:3-5, “If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as…