Category: Investing

ALERT! New Scams To Avoid Before 2015

It took us several months to add more to our list of potential fraudsters and scammers before the end of the year 2014. But at least we’re doing all we can to help you be informed about these money and reputation killers.

So, have you though about protecting your bonus this coming Christmas season? Just be reminded that it pays to study first any business offer before investing your hard-earned cash.

So without further ado, whatever ado means, here are a few more teeth-nashers and fist-clenching online and offline sons-of-a-GONE that you shouldn’t even think about putting your money in. Continue reading ALERT! New Scams To Avoid Before 2015

Does God Look At Your Numbers?

We have been teaching about saving money. We have been teaching about growing them in investment placements such as the stock market or in businesses. We have been teaching about setting goals for our future. But is stacking up wealth the ultimate and only thing in life that we need to do?

In the Parable of the Talents, there were three servants who were entusted by their masters with “talents”. The first servant was given five talents; the second one with two talents, and the third one with one talent.

For those who are wondering what those “talents” mean in the Bible, this is not about the physical gifts or skills such as singing, dancing, playing basketball, being good in math, et. al. The word talent here pertains to the unit of measurement used for weighing precious metals such as silver or gold. It is also a unit of currency used for computing a laborer’s wage. One talent is equivalent to 6,000 denarii or equivalent to twenty years of work of an ordinary laborer. Continue reading Does God Look At Your Numbers?

What is Warren Buffet’s Golden Rule in Investing?

First of all, Warren’s last name is pronounced as ‘Buh-phet’. As in Bah-fet. Not “Booh-fay”. Got it?

Now, who is Warren Buffet?

Warren is an American business mogul, investor and philanthropist. He is considered as the most successful investor of the 20th century. He is also the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway (a holding company that owns Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, etc. and partially Coca-Cola, American Express, and IBM).

 

Recently, he bought battery legend Duracell in exchange of about $4billion worth ff Procter and Gamble shares that he held for quite sometime. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was even named in 2012 by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential people. Continue reading What is Warren Buffet’s Golden Rule in Investing?