What Is Your Single Best Piece of Financial Advice?
“Your Ivy League Future” I glanced at the sign on the conference room door and thought: wow- that sounds pretty good. I’d like to be attending that meeting… We all have aspirations.
How Can I Develop a Second Source of Income?
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydDo the hustle. So, you’re interested in a second source of income- a “side hustle” to use the parlance of our times. Be careful, because you’re time is limited, and you don’t want to waste time and effort on a venture that won’t work. Here’s my answer for developing a second source of income.
How should a person in their early 20s invest their money?
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydEmbrace the suck. The phrase is one of several lessons learned by a West Point grad, and this saying relates directly to investing in your early 20s. Acknowledge that investing successfully is hard, because it takes self-discipline and delayed gratification. Those two concepts don’t sound any fun. But, as the writer says, we should […]
What’s Your Secret To Saving Money?
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. Boyd“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.” – Chuck Swindoll Saving requires a change in attitude about money. One change that’s required […]
Best Way To Use Credit Cards
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydCredit card companies profit from the uninformed. So don’t be uninformed. Here is some broader personal finance advice first- then the best ways to use a credit card.
How Can I Become Financially Free?
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydIs everyone spending a ton of money and having fun on Spring Break? If you check social media, it sure seems that way. All of your friends are on the beach, skiing in the mountains, or people watching at a café in Europe. But that’s not reality. The fact is that not everyone is living […]
Expenses That Startup Businesses Can Avoid In The Early Years
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydThere it was: right next to the popcorn machine at the movie theatre: “Buy and Sell Bitcoin Here”. A TV-size screen with instructions, and the current price for Bitcoin, in U.S. dollars. At a movie theatre.
How To Identify A Business Opportunity
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydYesterday I saw a “Permit Driver” sign in the back window of a brand new Range Rover. Now, that seems like a risk- spending a lot of money on a car, only to let an inexperienced driver run over a curb. Seems like you need to do a lot more driving before taking the Range […]
Most Common Stock Market Investing Mistakes
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydIf you were an investor in the first few weeks of February of 2018, you probably want to visit a place like Anger Room. “Redirect your frustrations and take it out with us…safely.” It’s a real thing.
Where And How To Invest Your Monthly Salary
in Personal Finance/by Kenneth W. BoydIt was a lot like one of those horror movies– when the characters can’t get out of the house where the murderer is. On a day when the Dow Jones Industrial dropped by 1,175 points (a 4.6% decline- and a record, in terms of number of points), many prominent online investment firms had their websites […]