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20 Ideas to Earn Extra Money Fast in 2023

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Whether you earn a decent paycheck or not, it’s important to know how to make extra money on the side to either increase your savings rate, pay down debt or build up your emergency fund.  The average American earns $56,516. Most people want to know real ways to make money from home so they can take that vacation they’ve been saving for and spend money without any worries. In troubled times...

What Causes Inflation: Your Guide to Why Money Loses Value

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In a hot and dusty suburb of Recife, Brazil in 1994 I shopped for my weekly groceries. I stood amazed looking at the entire isle of just beans and rice. Every trip to the local grocery store continued to amaze me at how much beans and rice Brazilians eat. It was stacked up on palettes. Lots of them. Not even modern-day Costco has piles of products the way Brazilian stores have beans and rice. I...

The debt albatross

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Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), an albatross starts to follow the ship. Being followed by the large sea bird was seen as a sign of good luck. Then some idiot sailor shot the bird with his crossbow and everyone got mad at him because...

Investing for beginners

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Financial literacy is important for anyone wanting to build wealth. During my years as a financial advisor, I was surprised by how little people knew about basic investing. Most people spend more time planning their annual vacations than they do their finances. Maybe that’s why Americans are so bad with money. I don’t blame them. Investing can seem really complicated when you start to...

Investment advice from Warren Buffett 2021

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warren buffett investment strategy for beginners Many people search for Warren Buffett advice on life. After all, he is the world’s most famous investor. Almost everyone knows about Warren Buffett buying stocks. The man has a unique investment philosophy, which has proven to be successful, which is why it doesn’t come as a surprise that people search for Warren Buffett investment...

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