May 17, 2012

The Money Game

The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing offers fun online games that will give you an opportunity to talk about money with your kids and help them learn while enjoying the games. Together you can design a personal “family bill” and forward to friends and relatives. Play trivia games or try to catch a [...]

Where to Look if You’re Facing Foreclosure

When the finance company providing your mortgage threatens closure on you, then its time for action. Being evicted from your home and losing everything you have put into it is and extremely stressful experience that may well affect the rest of your life. From time to time we here at Financing Wealth get asked to [...]

Books Change Lives

The most solid route to wealth is by acquiring financial knowledge. Everything that you can learn about money aids in your quest for financial independence. The following books are recommended reading on your path: The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Accounting by Robert L. Dixon and Harold E. Arnett Own Your Own Corporation by Garrett Sutton [...]

Choosing a Financial Planner

If you are in the market for a financial planner, here are ten questions that you may want to ask your candidates before you choose an advisor. How many years have you been in business? Can you describe your typical clients? What is your ratio of support staff to professional staff? What is your reputation [...]

The History of Money

The History Channel includes a fascinating section on the history of money. You can see videos of the production of currency, the Gold Rush, and Black Tuesday. Be sure to check out the timeline for little-known money facts and my personal favorite, coined phrases. “A fool and his money are soon parted.” ~A Defense of Government, [...]

Fun With Finance

If you think finance is rather dry and boring, check out Feed the Pig and enjoy the videos. These hilarious skits focus on interruptions in spending and may cause you to consider a few of your own spending patterns. Are they perhaps a bit, errr, greedy? Focused on the short term? The U.S. Commerce Department [...]

Manage Your Money in the New Year

Did you resolve to become financially healthy this year? Here is a list of tips to get you and your money in shape. Act on your financial plan today, it will pay off tomorrow. You can do it! Do a reality check Assess your net worth using this handy browser based balance sheet. Get into [...]

Exchange Traded Funds to Make a Splash in 2007

Exchange Traded Funds made quite an impression in 2006 and ETF’s look to make and even bigger splash in 2007. The ETF is a great thing if you want to get into many a mutual fund but don’t want to deal with going through a management firm. Most management firms make you join with a [...]

How 401Ks Work?

Contributing to a 401K plan but not sure how it works? Well, the great site HowStuffWorks.com has a great “how article” on How 401(k) Plans Work. The site, known popularly as a great book from the early 90′s has thousands of articles on how everything works, not just those mechanical devices you always wondered about [...]

Strategies in a Down Market

The market is going down no matter how bad you want to deny it. Commodities are selling of, gold in particular, stocks are moving back below 11,000 and the housing market is seeing it’s share of downturn. Most people who look at this type of market see nothing but bad news and want to get [...]