Four Stumbling Blocks to Personal and Financial Purpose

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An original idea in keeping with your purpose can make you rich personally and financially. However, we continually hear about fortunes lost by entertainers, sports figures, community leaders and business owners. The real differences in who manages to get back up to create new fortunes for themselves, personally and financially, are those who continue to [...]

Keeping your Holiday Season Debt Proof

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Borrowing money for the holiday season is no misnomer for many American families. American families are constantly being bombarded with retailer’s advertisements of buying, and fighting the buying temptation can be difficult. Statistics show that nearly 1 in 10 families borrow money to spend on Christmas gifts and those same families are unable to pay [...]

Overcoming Economic Disparity: Black Entrepreneurship

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According to a recent economic analysis published by the Pew Research Center, Whites have 20 times the net worth of Blacks. The report further states that this disparity in wealth is the widest since the Census Bureau began tracking household wealth data in 1984.  Black Americans household wealth even trail that of most first generation [...]

Dr. Boyce: How You Think About Money Depends on Your Age – The Investment Life Cycle

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When I’m not out doing what I do everyday (whatever that is), I am a Finance Professor in my spare time. So, in order to utilize all the years of spending countless hours every single day studying the intricate details of financial and statistical theory, I thought I’d give some advice on something that is [...]

@TechLifeSteph: Get Ready to Pay Up – Facebook May Start Charging for Status Updates

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First that timeline that everyone seems to hate, now this:  Facebook has come up with another way to potentially turn folks off, and this time it may cost you.  Read on for more…    

Do You Know The Signs Of Debt Related Depression?

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Debt is an increasingly common stressor that can trigger depression. Debt can make you feel helpless, hopeless, and low on self-esteem — and these are all symptoms and risk factors for depression, says Nadine Kaslow, PhD, professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Although Debt Related Depression is [...]

5 Tips to Working with a Financial Professional

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Finding a professional to meet your needs can be an interesting experience depending on the type of professional you’re seeking. When it comes to seeking a financial professional, this search becomes critical to your success because money is very personal and intimate. Not everyone knows what to look for in a financial professional, the type [...]