When I think of how easy it is for a teenager to make an easy million for retirement, I almost get sick because no one told me about this 15 years ago. Now I’m already old. If I want to make a million dollars, I have to work extra hard for it. But these teens [...]

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There is a lot of hype out there surrounding the New Age book/DVD called The Secret, by Wanda Byrne. Everywhere I turn, someone is talking about it; it’s gotten press on Oprah, Larry King, and Saturday Night Live even did a skit about it. Being naturally curious (OK- maybe nosy is more like [...]

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Nearly everyone wants to be rich. But only a few make it. Why? And why won’t you ever be rich?
Three main reasons YOU won’t be in the Forbes top 100 or even the top 100,000:

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The two entities I hate most are credit card companies and the gasoline/oil companies. (I’m not a big IRS fan either, actually. So let’s make it three things.) I don’t enjoy giving so much of my money to any of the above – they take too much and always want more.
Not only is their legalized [...]

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In researching for another article, I became acutely aware of how easily regular people will fall for a scam. I’m not talking about frail elderly retirees pressured into investing in some fraudulent business by a sleaze-ball con-artist, as has been known to happen. I am talking about otherwise worldly and informed, intelligent regular [...]

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