How to choose the right goals to focus on

Today I want to address an question that many times we are asked, How to choose the right goals to focus on? Sometimes setting goals alone is not the only problem that you must face. Sometimes, choosing the right goals to begin with is harder. Basically, you can choose to work any goal that you feel is necessary for your health, stability and happiness.Goal setting is nothing more than a formal

White House to Target Tax Loopholes: Are YOU Affected?

The Obama administration announced last Monday that it intends to close supposed tax loopholes currently being utilized by companies and individuals alike. OK, to prevent you from wondering, yes. This is not a political blog. However, this proposal may have a direct impact on your financial future, if you live and accumulate your retirement wealth in the United

Formula to Success

What you think and how you then act is the deciding factor that will help you discover the goal of success. These two attributes are important together with a set of consistent principles, which you follow through. Thoughts based on reason are a powerful catalyst to start any reaction, and once you set off, you will soon realize that courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to

Remember Stewart vs. Cramer? Someone Was Left Out

Whoa! On the March 12, 2009, episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart - for lack of a better word - hammered Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money." My regular readers can probably guess my reaction. For those of you with short memories (or who somehow missed the brouhaha), this statement sums up Stewart's entire point:"I understand that you want to make financeentertaining, but it's not a ... game."I

FEAR VS. SUCCESS

“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” Albert Camus“Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.” Aung San Suu KyiFear is defined in Webster’s dictionary as, "an unpleasant, sometimes strong emotion caused by an anticipation or awareness of danger". Professionals in the field of human emotions and therapy define fear as a “strong emotion caused by the anticipation of loss”

The “Paper Loss” Garbage

Majority of those who have investments in the stock market are freaking out – and rightly so. They are looking for answers as well as ways to halt further evaporation of their savings. In 2008, all the major stock market measures (S&P 500, DOW and NASDAQ) plunged well over 30 percent.


To bring this point home, a hypothetical nest egg valued at $500,000 on January 1, 2008 would have had a

Develop an action plan for dealing with your credit score

Once you have your credit report and your credit score, you will be able to tell where you stand and where many of your problems lie. If you have a poor score, try to see in your credit report what could be causing the problem:-Do you have too much debt? -Too many unpaid bills? -Have you recently faced a major financial upset such as a bankruptcy? -Have you simply not had credit long enough