Financial problems, like many medical problems, are best detected early (clean living doesn’t hurt, either). Here are the common personal financial problems I’ve seen in my work as a financial counselor:
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2012. december 12., szerda
Measuring Your Financial Health
How financially healthy are you? When was the last time you took stock of your overall financial situation, including reviewing your spending, savings, future goals, and insurance? If you’re like most people, you’ve either...
2012. december 8., szombat
Developing good financial habits
After you understand the basic concepts and know where to buy the best financial products when you need them, you’ll soon see that managing personal finances well is not much more difficult than other things you do regularly,...
Jumping over Real and Imaginary Hurdles to Financial Success
Perhaps you know that you should live within your means, buy and hold sound investments for the long term, and secure proper insurance coverage; however, you can’t bring yourself to do these things. Everyone knows how difficult...
Understanding how undeserving investment gurus become popular
You may be wondering how Wade Cook became so popular despite the obvious flaws in his advice (see the preceding post for the goods on Cook). He promoted his seminars through infomercials and other advertising, including...
Identifying Unreliable Sources of Information
Suze Orman
Most people are smart enough to realize that they’re not financial geniuses. So they set out to take control of their money matters by reading about personal finance or consulting a financial advisor. Because...
Talking Money at Home
I was fortunate — my parents instilled in me the importance of personal financial management. Mom and Dad taught me a lot of things that have been invaluable throughout my life, and among those things were sound principles...
