Tag: jason hartman
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SS 39 – Habitat for Humanity with Renee Glover
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2632605/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/no/theme/standard” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Renee Glover is the Chair of Habitat for Humanity”s International Board of Directors and former CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. She joins the show to explain the mission of Habitat for Humanity and the services it offers to people in need. Habitat for Humanity…
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Information Overload Can Stall Goals
Learning is the foundation for wisdom and prudence, as King Solomon tells us again and again in his Proverbs. “ If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul,” he says in Proverbs 2:10 -11, “Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee.” But in an age when information about anything…
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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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Make Your Own Digital Money? Now Anyone Can
King Solomon tells us that wisdom and prudence are more desirable than the “merchandising of silver.” (Proverbs 3:13-14) And the great King was surely the arbiter of the value of silver, gold and other kinds of currency in his kingdom, just as governments and banks do in modern times. But the rise of the Bitcoin…
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The Federal Reserve Plots a Course for the New Year
“Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence,” King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 3:13-14. “The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chief and purest gold.” And now, as the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee, or FOMC, prepares to meet for the first…
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Top 5 Money Stories of 2013
In the first verses of the Book of Proverbs. King Solomon tells us that his words are meant to help others “to know wisdom, and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:2) In the spirit of the great King’s intention, we’ve been bringing you the trending topics of our day that affect investing and prudent money management. Here’s a…
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New Rules Change the Lending Landscape in 2014
“The path of the just is a shining light,“ King Solomon says in Proverbs 4:18. Today, a string of lawsuits and new laws are attempting to bring justice to the ethically challenged US mortgage lending industry. And these efforts to protect consumers and hold lenders to new standards are changing the landscape of lending in…
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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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Hackers Take Advantage of Outdated Card Security
Lying tongues and creators of wicked plots are among the things the Lord abhors, as King Solomon tells us in his Proverbs. As the fallout from the recent theft of data from millions of Target customers continues, new information is emerging about how those cyberplotters were able to swipe that kind of data so easily…
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Target’s Data Hack Highlights Security Risks
As King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 6:16-18, one of the seven things most hated by God is a “heart that deviseth wicked plots. “ And today, as giant retailer Target scrambles to manage the fallout from last month’s massive data hack that intercepted its customers’ credit card information, digital security experts point to weaknesses…