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Category Archives: Financial Trades

How Money Buys Happiness…

Money management expert, Ted Hunter explains that money can bring you happiness if spend wisely. So use your common sense to make money smart choices that will truly add to your success with money and happiness. His money book, Money Smart offers saving tips and advice for achieving financial freedom.

More Destructive Car Buying Advice

Car buying can be treacherous with all the sales gimmicks and misinformation out there. In my money book I explain all the sales games and how to beat them.

Did I Really Want That? Why We Buy What We Don’t Need

It’s time to resist the influence of advertising, manage your money, and make purchases based on your priorities. It's your money, be your own financial expert and start by following this spending tip.

Do You Really Need More Money?

In my book about managing your money, Money Smart, I write about maximizing your money to its full potential. Here are 7 key steps from the book to change the way you think about spending your money to help you make your current income level work. Each one individually has the potential to make a big difference, and together they can transform your personal finances.

The Rules of Spending Wisely: Financial Literacy Essentials (2 of 3)

Last week, I talked about the Rules of Money, and where there is money there is SPENDING.  We couldn’t get through Financial Literacy Month without talking about how we spend our hard earned cash.   If you want to do well financially, there is a sure-fire way to do it. Spend your money wisely. Remember, one [...]

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Should I Invest in Gold?

I've been asked that question a lot, especially in the last month or so. Over the past year I have consistently advised against investing in gold and that advice has been pretty good as the price really hasn't changed much. I do believe there will come a time when owing some gold will be a very good idea, but I don't believe we've reached that point as yet for a variety of reasons.

We See Through the Lies!

Earlier this week, a New York Times article came out that really caught my attention. It was disappointing to see the typical economic spin that encourages people to invest with the financial services industry NO MATTER WHAT taken to such great lengths, but was also encouraging to see that the article was in response to a terrific new trend by their customers. People are really starting to catch on that it’s not a good idea to invest in the stock market, especially not at this time, and have been pulling their money out. Now, that’s great news.