Archive for August, 2011

The majority of professionals in the United States do not understand professional liability insurance or the rationale behind it. Many professionals do not carry a policy and see no reason to buy one. They do not realize that one lawsuit can result in the loss of everything they have worked so hard to attain. Professional [...]

When you look around the world right now there aren’t a lot of great investment opportunities. The FTSE 100 was at a 6 month low of 5007 last week as investors panicked over the UK’s increasing budget deficit and the US markets are no better. by Giorgio Montefiore via Flickr The past week saw the [...]

As I go through looking at what are, unfortunately, the last days of my grandmother’s life, there comes a reality that we, the survivors, have to deal with, that being the financial considerations once the terrible event occurs. Since I’ve been through this before, in a different capacity, I can write on this subject these [...]

For many of us, the balancing act between debt and savings is an ongoing one – a constant battle to boost our savings and reduce our debt, when often we are achieving the opposite. So are we wasting our time trying to balance our personal finances in favor of a savings account over credit card [...]

The stock markets of the world are in a strange flux these days. It seems lately like it’s a daily occurrence to have the market, most specifically Dow Jones, either dropping more than 400 points a day or jumping more than 400 points a day. It’s enough to make all of us start questioning whether [...]

It doesn’t matter how many credit cards you have or how responsible you try to be with them, chances are that along the way you’ll make a mistake. Knowing about common credit card mistakes before you make them can help you avoid pitfalls and use your credit cards more wisely. Here are three common credit [...]

My wife just finished putting on her third and last garage sale. She actually said that after the first one, then was convinced by friends to put on another one where she had a great time socializing with all of them, thus leading to the third. by Eastlake Times via Flickr The idea of putting [...]