~ www.roanoke.com ~ Salem High School has graduated some otherwise well-educated and well-rounded seniors who weren’t capable of deciphering their first paycheck or of understanding the pitfalls of the credit card come-ons popping up in their mailboxes. Until recently, Salem was no different than most high schools across Virginia or the United States. Then the school board [...]

Get your complimentary tickets to Chris Howard’s Breakthrough To Success seminar! The BreakThrough To Success seminar is a 3 days action-packed seminar, worth $895 per ticket.  Watch this video where Chris Howard explains more about Breakthrough to Success… The seminar is conducted in various dates across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Get your complimentary tickets at http://www.breakthroughtosuccess.com.au  

If you need a reason to set up a plan to teach personal finances to your children, a new survey from Charles Schwab Financial Services should give you the motivation. They recently gave a survey to 1000 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 and came away with some findings that show that teenagers [...]

Economics is about how you realise your dreams and achieve financial freedom. Can you get up in the morning, decide not to go for work and yet generate income? One of my friends in his thirties has already retired from active employment. He travels around Canada, educates teenagers on how to live life, enjoys his [...]

I was having coffee with my business partner Mun Hoe today. We were talking about property investments and went onto the subject of leverage. I was talking about leveraging the bank’s money in property when Mun Hoe shared with me that he read an alternative definition by Bradley Sugars, in his book Instant Success: The Real [...]

I observed an interview of Robert Kiyosaki this week in regards to oil/fuel prices and the long term forecast. Kiyosaki claims that the primary reason for our current oil price situation is the devaluation of the dollar.  Oil is purchased in dollars and as the United States continues to print more dollars the value declines which [...]

This is a video clip on Rich Dad Poor Dad - How to Make Money? by Robert Kiyosaki which I think is good and useful for both entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs. Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad Poor Dad talk on “How to Make Money?” Broke is Temporary and Poor is Eternal.  Don’t work for money but let money [...]

  A brochure providing personal investing tips for seniors citizens. It highlights key guidances that seniors should consider before investing, and provides few tips on how you can avoid common mistakes and unwise decisions. Click on the picture on the left to open the brochure.  (It is in Abode PDF format.)

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1. Don’t Buy What You Can’t Afford We all want that designer sweater, leather handbag, or cute sports car, but most of us just can’t afford to make the purchases. There’s a simple solution to this dilemma. If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. This is often the easiest point to understand, but it is [...]