Tag: jason hartman
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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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Snowden’s Asylum Hurts Russian/US Relations
An international mess fell right in Russian president Vladimir Putin’s lap when American NSA-leaker Edward Snowden showed up at an airport in Moscow and eventually asked for asylum. And if that wasn’t enough for one week, President Obama decided not to meet with him at the upcoming G-20 conference, a brazen snub that Putin likely…
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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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Consent Not To Sinners: The Top 5 Real Estate Scams
Discernment – the marriage of wisdom and prudence – is a key piece of King Solomon’s advice on money and prosperity. And discernment is an essential skill for identifying and avoiding the many scams old and new that are designed to trap the unwary at every stage of any real estate transaction. “My son, if…
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In Real Estate Cash Isn’t Always King
The cornerstone of King Solomon’s advice for living a prosperous and godly life is wisdom, tempered with prudence – qualities that lead to successful outcomes in life as well as investing. That’s where a hefty dose of prudence – and foresight – can save money and time. Case in point: a quick cash buy on…
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Wisdom is Worth More Than – Palladium?
Even in King Solomon’s day, gold and silver set the standard for wealth and value and in his Proverbs the wise king often uses these metals to illustrate the greater value of wisdom. “Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold,” he tells us in Proverbs 8:10. What would the monarch say…
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Rental Housing Choices Bridge Generation Gaps
King Solomon believed that wisdom is essential for everyone, young and old – and prudence is a virtue that knows no age limits. The great King might not be surprised, then, to see that today’s millennials – new college graduates and others in their general age bracket – and retirees are sharing some key preferences…
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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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Can Chinese Investment Boost US Housing?
King Solomon was a vastly wealthy monarch who presided over one of the most prosperous kingdoms in the history of his people. But to build the crowning achievement of his reign, the great Temple, he welcomed foreign investment – in the form of capital and labor from the neighboring King Hiram of Tyre. Now, as…