This week has been one of the busiest weeks work-wise that I’ve had in a long time. I’m transitioning out of one of my freelance roles so I’ve spent the week trying to get all of my loose ends tied up. On top of that I have a small surgery next week so I’m trying to get all of next week’s work done in addition to this week’s work. Doing all of this has made me super-productive. Maybe that’s a ...
3 Ways to Earn $50,000 Per Year Without Working
Does that title clue you in to one of my future goals? :) Today I'm talking about Passive Income again at The College Investor. Or, more specifically, talking about the passive income models I'm working toward and how each can eventually lead to $50,000 per year with a very minimal amount of work. ______ Can you imagine a life where you didn’t have to work every day? Instead of needing to ...
How to Become a Better Writer
I got an interesting email from a reader the other day with a question I had never been asked before. I’m paraphrasing here but the question went kind of like this: “How do you learn to write when you’re just starting out? Especially if all you have is a GED or high school diploma?” I actually really loved this question for a couple of reasons. ...
What is Forex Trading?
Forex trading, or foreign exchange trading is the exchange of one currency for another. The rate is referred to as the exchange rate, and generally a physical exchange of one currency for another occurs. Forex trading is the most liquid and most active trading within the global capital markets, with more than 4 trillion in notional dollar exchanged per day. Forex trading occurs around the ...
Why I’m Paying Off My Mortgage Early
Last night, I was having one of those nights where I couldn’t sleep because of the mass wave of random thoughts entering my head. It started earlier that day when I made a list of all of our financial accounts, our budget, income, and how much was going into each investing account and each saving account. I decided to do this after Jamie made an offhand comment about not knowing what we were ...
Staying the Course When Investments Get Scary
As everybody knows, China’s stock market recently took quite a tumble. By the time you see this post, anything might have happened, but at the time of this writing, there was a sudden 8% drop in China’s stock market overall value. That’s huge, as it means that most Chinese stocks suddenly dropped 10% or more. China’s Market ceases trading at a 10% drop to stave off panic, so an 8% drop means that ...