May 18, 2012

$111 million stimulus waste

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Here is an excellent article by the International Business times stimulus waste. While conducting an audit of the use of stimulus funds the City of Los Angeles recived, the city’s comptroller found that the only “55″ jobs were created with the funds. That is roughly $2million per a job.You can get the full story here.

4 steps to get your financial house in order.

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4 step plan to getting your financial house in order
1. Increase your savings.
This in the beginning may be quite difficult as many people are simply used to living bill to bill and paycheck to paycheck, but if one can be disciplined enough to put around 5% of their take home pay every month you could develop a strong enough savings and emergency fund so when the big and small problems come they don’t affect you as they normally would because you had the money to fix the problem.

2. Pay off your debt.
Getting out of debt is the most important thing any person could do to better their financial health. In this day and age debt has almost become synonymous with the American culture. There are many ways to paying down debt and living a debt free lifestyle, but I favor Dave Ramsey’s idea of the debt snowball above them all. In the end living a completely debt free lifestyle will allow you to present better opportunities for yourself, your family, and your community because you would have done away with the shackles of debt.

3. Invest for the future.
Investing is the third part of the plan. It is now that your money begins to work for you instead of you working for your money. Imagine living off the dividends and returns from your investments and not having to wake up and go to work every day. Imagine the level of freedom you would be able to enjoy. At this point it is only a matter of time before you reach whatever your definition of financial freedom is, and are able to live the life you want. There are many different types of investments, and I would suggest you do you research before you decide where to put your money.

4. Be a liberal giver
Now that you have taken care of all the other steps to get you financial house in order, you are now able to tackle the most important step of them all…. Giving. This is the most important step of them off, because there is no investment that will pay off like an investment in people or a cause. Having your financial house in order will allow you to be a liberal giver. It will allow you to step in and fill the gap when a need is presented to you. It will allow you to take up the causes that are dear to you, and allow you to give with both your time and finances

Stoopidsuccess.com Job board

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Why Your Grandparents Made More Money In The 70′s Than You Make Now

Here is an awesome post on why the middle class is shrinking, and why things are harder now than they were in the 70′s and why the average american today is not in the same fiscal predicument as there grandparents were at this time in their life. click here for full article.

Toy Story 3 Joins the Billionaire’s Club

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This past friday Toy Story 3 the movie joined an elite club of movies that have grossed over 1 billion dollars world wide. While alot of this may be attributed to the use of 3d technology applied to the movie, it’s now apart of film history in a big way. Also 2 films on the list of the the 7 elite movies are credited to director James Cameron. Here is the full list in pictures.

3 recession proof industries

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1. A gas Station. Even in a recession people still have to get around and go to work. American consume well over 22million barrels of oil a day, why not profit from this? While depending on the area you may experience a decline in sales you should be able to weather any storm that comes your way financially. Take the walmart approach move massive volume at the best price so when the tough times hit you don’t really feel them.

2. A grocery store. Even though times may get tough people still have to eat, and will always buy the staples of milk, eggs, and bread. You may even want to offer more services during a time of the recession to increase traffic. While you may see a slight dip in sales you will have both the calender(holidays) and the fact that people need to eat on your side.

3. Tutoring service and child care. People will always have children and need those children to be cared for and enriched. A tutoring service is always in demand at every level of the scholastic area. If you are good in an area why not promote it and make some money from it. Adults have duties and responsibilities they must tend to which means someone must watch the children. Childcare will always be in demand as long as there are people that need time without the distraction of a child.

Biggest movie flops of all time!

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While movies are often created and budgeted with high anticipation of great return on investment, here is a list of those that were the worst LOSS of investment recorded. Click here for the full list and slide show compliments of CNBC.

Could we be headed for another economic crash?

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Could we be headed for another economic crash? According to a report today the Hindenburg Omen is back in play. Just to provide some historical precedence it was in play when the market crashed in 2008 before the recession we are currently experiencing.

Most Successful Movies of the summer!

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Here is a round up of the summer’s most successful movies, and I wonder where twilight finished?Check it out here

Will there ever be another Warren Buffet?

Here is awesome post buy Mark Riddix over at BuylikeBuffett.com on if there will ever be another Warren Buffett. Personally I think there where be another player that will emerge and revolutionize the investing industry as he has, but check it out and weigh in. Will there ever be another Warren Buffett?