Your First Portfolio: Beginning Your Investing Career

January 28, 2008

You’ve decided to start preparing for your future and invest your money in income-producing assets instead of stockpiling Mad Dog and cheap beer. You’re finally ready to start investing. It can be intimidating to start, but you can have a complete, well-diversified, and inexpensive portfolio quickly and easily if you follow these steps.

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The ‘Pain’ of High Gas Prices

January 7, 2008

I think that the reason everybody loves to complain about gas prices is because they see them everywhere. On my way home from work, I see five or six different gas stations, all letting me know how much gas costs. Is the recent increase really that big of a deal, though?

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How to Get Rich as an Engineer or IT Worker

January 7, 2008

Hi, my name is Bill Laboon and I’m going to tell you how you can make more money as an engineer, IT worker, or other worker in a technology field. There are other ways to riches, but I have no more experience in them than anyone else. What I do know is how to leverage the specific skills you know as a technology worker to help make you more money. I am not an expert in real estate, or salesmanship, or anything like that, and am not going to pretend that there’s only one way to wealth, or that my way if foolproof. I readily encourage you to check out other finance sites to see what may be right for you.

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