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Miranda is a journalistically trained freelance writer and professional blogger specializing in personal finance. Her work has appeared, and been mentioned, in various media, online and off.
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While stocks are the cornerstone of the American investment experience, not everyone is interested putting everything into the stock market. Indeed, it can make sense, depending on your preference and your risk tolerance, to look for alternative investments.
While I love being self-employed and working from home, there are some challenges associated with not working for “the man.” For most entrepreneurs, the main challenges have to do with the lack of benefits.
Like the saying goes, you should “never say never,” but there are times when it makes sense to break that “rule” and agree to never do something. Nowhere is this more true than when it comes to your investment portfolio. Investing is one of the best ways for you to build wealth, but not all [...]
One of the keys to investing success is to set investing goals. However, there are times when you might want to rethink your investing goals. There’s no point in working toward investing goals that no longer meet your needs. Here are 4 reasons it might be time to rethink your current investing goals:
In honor of National Bike Month, I thought it would be appropriate to compare how investing is like riding a bike. There are a lot of similarities between investing and riding a bike, and a few lessons you learn that can carry over to investing. Below are three ways investing is like riding a bike.
Last year, Capital One announced its intention to acquire ING Direct. ING is still a company, but its consumer banking operations in the United States are now owned by Capital One. As part of the re-branding effort, ING Direct is now Capital One 360.
One of the issues you need to address during retirement is the origin of your income. You need to make sure that you have adequate revenue streams to meet your needs during retirement.
One of the hottest new investments right now is Bitcoin. You might have heard about it. As of this writing, one Bitcoin is worth almost $155. But in recent weeks, the value of one Bitcoin has been more than $200.
One of the ways you can add diversity to your investment portfolio is to include real estate. However, for many investors directly buying property is not an option — especially if an effort is being made to diversify geographically with the help of foreign real estate.
In recent years there has been a movement to provide investors with more transparency about what, exactly, they are paying in fees. In some cases, it’s relatively easy to see what you are paying. If you invest through a discount brokerage, you can see what you are paying in commissions.
