Tag: income property investing
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Old Scams Still Snare New Victims
It’s said there’s nothing new under the sun. And that seems to be true in the world of financial scams and frauds, where new victims continue to get caught in variations of old scams that have beep around for years. The Internet has only made it easier for scam artists to cast a wider net.…
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Successful People Rise and Shine
Can getting up early bring more investing success? Profile after profile of the world’s most successful and wealthy people suggest that rising with the sun (or earlier) is a key habit that translates into more energy, better decision-making and increased financial success. The finance site Money Morning reports on new research by University of Heidelberg…
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Small Banks Wither Under New Regulations
Where have all the small banks gone? Local and regional banks and financial institutions are fast disappearing, their places often filled by branches of the ever expanding megabanks. According to a new report from Money Morning, those little banks – often the last resort for some borrowers – may be falling victim to the slew…
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Digital Currency Scams Hit the Internet
If a new financial trend woos consumers, can scam artists be far behind? As the Bitcoin and other digital currencies are alternately hailed as striking a blow for financial independence, or a tool for cybercrime and corruption, new scams are popping up that highjack the accounts of those who use high profile internet exchanges like…
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Can Scarcity Thinking Sabotage Success?
Can you really attract wealth just by changing your thoughts, as promised by self-help gurus everywhere? Though it seems that those self-proclaimed experts are attracting their own wealth just by persuading you that it’s true so you’ll buy their courses and books, psychologists and life coaches say that limiting beliefs you may not even be…
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The Federal Reserve Faces Critics At Home and Abroad
The Federal Reserve’s brand new leader has a lot on her plate. As the nation’s central bank takes the first steps toward tapering down its massive stimulus plan, it faces not just criticism from emerging markets around the globe but also from financial experts at home, who worry bout the Fed’s long-term stability. A few…
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Boreas and Friends Take a Toll on the Economy
Boreas, Cleon, Electra . . . the newly named winter storms marched across the northeastern US earlier this winter in quick succession, leaving behind frigid air, paralyzed cities, and economic consequences that proved costly for some, lucrative for others. And the result is a mixed picture for employment, construction and the big indicator of economic…
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Stress Can Derail Financial Success
Medical professionals have been saying for years that stress can take years off your life. For a number of financial professionals, that may literally be true, as a string of suicides and other mysterious deaths rock the international banking community. The world of finance is a high stress, high stakes place – and new studies…
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Banks Settle Up In Insurance Rate Fixing Suits
In the seemingly never ending saga of legal actions against the nation’s big banks – and sometimes their foreign counterparts as well – the action usually plays out on a government stage of the highest level, with lawsuits brought by state officials or the Justice Department itself. But a recent lawsuit discreetly settled by Bank…