Monthly Archives: January 2010

Steps out of debt and into wealth

At this point I am assuming you understand the importance of getting out of debt and building a small savings account in addition to an emergency fund.  So the next steps to building wealth is investing and here are some small introductions to investing and building wealth. Invest 15 % of your household income into [...]

Getting Higher Returns on your savings accounts

There are a few things you can do to increase the interest you are earning on your savings account.  First off let us talk about what kind of account your money is being saved in.  A typical savings account attached to your checking account will offer you less than 1% interest, so even on $50,000 [...]

Baby Steps to Better Savings

We all are faced with new economic situations and we all need to change the way we think about banking.  Saving needs to become the new chic thing to do, and doing it without ignorance will keep the investment portfolios of the world full.  What we need to stop doing is consumer spending on crap [...]