Austin Pryor
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4 Simple Steps to a New Financial Beginning
The start of a new year is a terrific time to begin your journey toward financial security and investing success...Monday, January 14, 2019
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Are You Making Any of These Common Investing Mistakes?
No one sets out to take a wrong step, of course, but all investors have made a few mistakes.Friday, June 1, 2018
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Save Money by Paying Yourself First
Despite your best intentions, it's easy to rationalize putting off starting to save.Friday, April 8, 2016
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Getting Started in Index Funds
For those not familiar with index funds, here's a brief discussion of their strengths and weaknesses.Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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6 Keys to Controlling Your Spending
For several years during the late 1980s, my wife Susie and I applied a rather rigorous approach to control our spending, and it worked pretty well. I didn't keep a diary at the time, but looking...Friday, June 15, 2012
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Feeling God's Pleasure
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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Why Should Building Emergency Savings Take Priority?
Laying this foundation is vitally important and, if you'll commit yourself, it can be done...Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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A Plan for Making Your First Million
It's not knowing how to make a million by the time you turn 65 that's so tough - the challenge is actually setting aside the money every month...Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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Why You Get Your Best Savings Deals from Money Funds
When the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates in 2004, bank money market accounts were paying almost 1% more than money market funds. Now, after the Fed's actions have had time to work...Tuesday, September 5, 2006
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Plan According to Your Goals, Invest According to Your Plan
In order to find peace of mind in your investment decisions, you need to become an initiator rather than a responder. Initiators have a concrete game plan in mind...Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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Make Sure Your Investment Decision-Making Is Inside-Out
One of the more contra-intuitive propositions that I regularly put forth in my newsletter is the idea that one's investing decisions can usually be made with little regard for what's currently...Monday, July 31, 2006
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Boost Your Savings by Paying Yourself First
When it comes to saving, despite your best intentions, it's easy to rationalize putting it off until the next paycheck. One way to overcome this is to have some of your money put aside...Friday, March 17, 2006
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Freewheeling and Overconfident -- No Wonder We Lose Money
Confidence is good, but too much of a good thing is bad! That's the word from Terrance Odean and Brad Barber, academics from the University of California at Davis who undertook a rather massive...Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Building Your Retirement Assets and Making Them Last
During our working years, we must strike that balance between income and spending that allows us to generate a monthly surplus. And the earlier you begin your program of accumulation, the harder...Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Are You Making These Common Investing Mistakes?
One of the key maxims of successful investing is this: Avoid making major mistakes. We're all bound to make some mistakes, but hopefully they're not terribly costly ones. Here are some common and...Tuesday, February 7, 2006
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8 Factors that Determine Your Long-Term Investing Results
There are those of us who worry that we're headed for an economic meltdown. Or a resumption of the bear market. Or the ongoing war in the Middle East keeps us awake, wondering what the future may...Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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Market-Timing in the Real World
Market-timing is a strategy where the goal is to be invested in stock funds only during favorable market periods when prices are rising, and then move your capital to a haven of safety when prices...Wednesday, November 9, 2005
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How To Take Market Turbulence In Stride
As we have seen lately, stock prices are capable of violent, erratic behavior. So how are we to remain calm when the financial world around us appears to be suffering a bout of temporary insanity?Tuesday, October 11, 2005