Tag: investment club
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May 17, 2017
Items in italics are direct quotes from the articles below http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-buy-bitcoin-using-coinbase-2017-5 A year and a half ago, the idea of buying the virtual currency bitcoin was laughable. After a rapid rise in value in 2013, the cryptocurrency’s value more than halved by mid-2015. At its lowest point, one bitcoin was equal to about $230. But […]
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May 10, 2017
Items in italics are direct quotes from the articles below http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0412/5-tips-on-when-to-sell-your-stock.aspx Buy recommendations are prevalent and stem from a wide variety of sources, including investment newsletters, analysts, stockbrokers and investment managers. However, few offer much advice on when it is best to sell a stock. Here are five tips on when it might be time […]
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March 8, 2017
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-no-1-financial-regret-of-older-americans-2016-05-17 Most Americans are filled with regrets — financial regrets. Fully three in four, in fact, admit they harbor financial regrets, according to a survey of more than 1,000 adults by Bankrate.com. Their biggest regret: not saving for retirement early enough (nearly one in five Americans put this in the No. 1 spot). What’s more, […]
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October 26, 2016
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/12/marcus-lemonis-common-pitfalls-any-franchise-must-avoid-to-be-successful.html The franchise model has long been a way for companies to rapidly expand beyond what might be possible if they opened every location on their own. But rapid expansion can be just as much of a curse as it can be a blessing if a franchisor rushes into an unproven concept without the ability […]
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October 19, 2016
http://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/4-smart-habits-that-made-warren-buffett-a-billionaire-and-will-work-for-you-too.html What makes Warren Buffett one of the riches people in the world? Unlike fellow billionaires Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, he did not create a ground-breaking high-tech product. Instead, Buffett’s wealth began with a series of small, simple habits that anyone can follow and that are guaranteed to bring you greater wealth. […]
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October 5, 2016
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/28/marcus-lemonis-highlights-a-distribution-mistake-that-can-cost-you-a-lot-of-money.html Before you hire an outside party to distribute your product, think twice — they might be unnecessarily costing your business an arm and a leg. That’s the lesson Max Kater, CEO of Murchison-Hume, learned on this week’s episode of CNBC’s “The Profit.” Over the past few years, Kater had been using a convoluted process […]
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September 14, 2016
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fa-profession/090816/cash-value-vs-surrender-value-what-difference.asp If you read the contract for your annuity or permanent life insurance policy, you will encounter insurance industry terms that sound similar but mean very different things. This is the case with terms such as face value, cash value, cash surrender value, surrender cost and account value. The differences between these concepts are sometimes […]
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August 24, 2016
www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/5-signs-youre-going-to-fail-as-a-leader.html The best leaders I have witnessed over the years are committed to understanding how to meet the needs of employees from every generation. Have you noticed how drastically different a Millennial needs to be led versus, say, a baby boomer? I have also noticed that the best leaders have a keen sense of the […]
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August 17, 2016
http://www.investopedia.com/news/whats-value-blue-lobster/ Imagine heading out for a day’s work and returning with a gem that stuns fishermen across the nation? That’s exactly what happened to Wayne Nickerson, a commercial lobsterman from Massachusetts, when he caught a very rare lobster this week. A two-pound blue lobster to be exact. If you’ve watched the show Deadliest Catch, then […]
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