This is the third in a series of articles reviewing the lessons found in the definitive classic, The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason. If you’d like to start at the very beginning (a very good place to start!) – you can find the first article here. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Seven Cures for a Lean Purse – The Richest Man in Babylon, Pt. 2
This is the second in a series of posts in review of the lessons found in the book The Richest Man in Babylon. The first article can be found here. Seven Cures for a Lean Purse Arkad, the richest man in all of Babylon, has been persuaded by the king to teach others the secrets [...]
The Richest Man in Babylon: Pt. 1
I’m off on vacation this week, and my vacation is usually quite literal: I simply vacate. I’m not much of one for taking in the world’s largest ball of twine, or dumping more money into a mouse’s accounts at an amusement park… we usually just make it to the beach and do little to nothing [...]
LinkSharing: Financial Advisor Websites with Blogs
Jim’s Note: I am off on a vacation this week. That’s right, I have R-U-N-N-O-F-T (see the excellent movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” to understand the reference). In lieu of my regular LinkSharing, I’ve reprinted the below, with a few additions of my own, from Ben at Money Smart Life. Thanks, Ben! Financial Advisor [...]
How To Turn $5,000 A Year Into a $33 Million Legacy
With a headline like that I bet you’re thinking this is one of those wild & crazy get rich schemes… which it may be, but it’s mostly a demonstration of the great benefits of three factors that can work in your favor in building a legacy: compounding interest Roth IRA tax laws (including IRA stretch [...]
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