My Business and Financial Freedom Journey
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As I’ve discussed in my mint.com review, I think Mint is great for budgeting, but poor when used for investment planning. It appears Mint is targeting people just starting out with their finances (Generation Y and Z). As I mentioned, I wished for a web 2.0 app that focused more on investing: retirement, asset allocation, [...]
I drank the Kool-Aid during my time off last week. I just got back from a four day seminar with the self-help “guru” Tony Robbins, and his infamous Unleash the Power Within (UPW for short). The seminar was held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey from March 29th till April 1st 2012. It’s [...]
In the 90′s and 00′s, the brokerage business was dominated by one trend: the rise of the online discount brokerage. Prior to 1995, most trades were placed by calling your stock broker who charged a massive commission. The customers expected these brokers to provide trading advice, and buy/sell recommendations. Such firms were later known as [...]
I recently reread Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. I read the book when it first came out in 2000, and I was still somewhat of a budding entrepreneur. I figured I would re-read the book now I have more experience under my belt. I also wanted to see if it’s held up to [...]
Did you ever wish when applying for a bank loan, that you were the loan officer sitting on the other side of the table? Now you can with Lending Club. Lending Club is a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending service. They offer a higher rate of return (over 9.6%) than many other traditional fixed income investments. Compared [...]
Mint is a FREE online personal finance (web 2.0) service similar to Quicken. Mint was recently acquired by Inuit for a… mint. I decided to review Mint.com financial software to see what the buzz is about. For over two years now, I’ve taken mint.com for a test spin with my personal finances. With Mint you have no [...]
TradeKing is an online discount brokerage firm that was started in 2005. The reasons why I choose TradeKing were simple. As much as I like and use Fidelity for most of my trades, I felt it was a great way to get experience with another discount stock broker. I also wanted to find a broker [...]
TradeMONSTER is a fairly new company, having just opened for business in 2008. In just the few short years the company has been in business, tradeMONSTER has become a recognized name and a front runner in the personal investing industry. Founded by industry experts Dirk Mueller, Jon Najarian and Pete Najarian, tradeMONSTER’s philosophy is to [...]
For just over a decade optionsXpress, now a recent subsidiary of Charles Schwab Corporation, has been serving the needs of millions of investors nationwide. Over the last ten years optionsXpress has worked to gain recognition in the industry and that is exactly what they have done. Now considered a top pick for on line trading, [...]
The service Betterment was created to make investing as easy as operating a bank account. Unlike a bank account, there are higher returns with the investments set up by the financial team at Betterment. No researching is needed on your part, they do all of the hard work for you. It makes investing easy for [...]
