The Morality of Wealth

Lesson 25 This is a very old essay that I never posted, so I am doing it now. Now, this is a big question. Is it immoral to have more money than others? Many people think it is good to take money from wealthy people, and give it to the poor. Like Robin Hood. But …

Personal Finance: 2nd Last Week.

I am on the second last week of Personal finance, which was mostly about reading finance books. Since I haven't read enough to post about, I will focus on the other topic, retirement, and savings. It is a fairly simple concept. Save when young, and slowly save more as you get older. If you come …

How Does Inflation Affect Me

Inflation is something that affects everybody in different degrees. It depends on what currency you do your transactions in, and it involves what country you live in. But for some people, it affects them quite a little amount. I have the majority of my money in gold bullion, and gold is remarkable in the way …

How Would I Invest $2000

With $2000 dollars, there really are only a few good options. I wouldn't consider bonds unless there was more money, because bonds are essentially a loan, and with a small amount of money, there is a small amount of interest, and there are only a few stocks that I would consider. I would most likely …

Finance Tips I Would Pass to a Younger Person

As a child it is hard to make money. when I was young I made money from singing in my family band, but a lot of kids don't have that type of opportunity. So what I would recommend would be creating small businesses. I once went on a vacation with my family to an amethyst …

If I go to College what will I do?

I doubt that I will be going to college, but if I did, here are the three options that I might do. Mechanical EngineeringSingingBusiness Mechanical Engineering I have worked in my dad's metal testing shop, and I have found myself to be fairly good at picking up different things in the shop that we do. …

My priorities when buying a used car

Firstly, I will only buy used. I have another post where I show what is the best deal. I think it is very important to do a lot of research on the type of car you are buying. The last thing you want to do is go into buying a car and noting nothing about …

Personal Finance: Lease, New, or Used?

This week for personal finance I learned about, car loans and car payments, and owning a car part 1-2. The main point was that car leases were by far the worst deal, that buying used was the best, and buying new, was second best. When buying a car it is important to consider gas, maintenance/repair, …

Personal Finance lessons

Lessons 75-85 Business plans Everyone needs one. You can go to bussiness.com, score.com, bplans.com and others, for a business template. A few things you need are: 1.1 Objectives1.2 Mission2.1 Company ownership2.2 Start-up summary A full list is on bplan.com Entrepreneur spotlight: John Mackey John Mackey was the founder of Whole Foods. He took a more …

Personal Finance Lesson 70 Review.

This week. Lesson 1. S.B. Fuller Lesson 2. Editing and Tutoring. Lesson 3. T-Shirt Design and photography. Lesson 4. Payment Systems. S.B. Fuller Born to a poor sharecropper in rural Louisiana in 1905. He dropped out of school in GR 6 and at age nine started selling products door to door. At 17 his mother …