The most interesting, intelligent, and successful people I have met are all avid readers. I’m a big believer in the benefits of reading and I try to set aside at least thirty minutes every day for it. I currently read these publications and an additional book or so a month. Daily – Wall Street JournalWeekly [...]
[Read More...]Archive for February, 2009
Donating saves you tax money…
February 27th, 2009 by Will Crowthers waiting for comments...Maybe. Often times companies seeking donations will market the idea that the donation is tax refundable or that you can “write it off.” But, what does this mean? The maybe is due to a tax component called standard deduction. A standard deduction is a dollar amount that reduces the amount of taxable income you have. [...]
[Read More...]Monthly Subscription Fees Add Up
February 26th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...With everyone trying to cut down on spending during these tough times – I recommend taking a look at your monthly discretionary services. A decent amount of our yearly spending is spent on monthly subscriptions to various services. Cell Phone Plans, Gym Memberships, Netflix, Parking Spots, Cable, Internet, Gamefly, Car Payments, Music Plans, the list [...]
[Read More...]Carbon Copy
February 25th, 2009 by Will Crowthers 1 Comment »What does the word Carbon Copy mean to you? Most of us immediately think of ‘CC’ – as in CC’ing someone on an email – bingo. So why is this so hard to remember this when you actually respond to an email? Carbon Copy is actually a term referring to a piece of carbon paper [...]
[Read More...]Stocks Are Still King
February 24th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...Take a look at three graphs of the NASDAQ and DJIA which show their performance over the previous 1, 5, and 10 years. 1yr(Dow had 35% Loss)5yr(Dow had 4.5% Annualized Loss)10yr(Dow had 1.4% Annualized Loss) The performance of the stock market over the last 10 years has been awful. However, there is no reason to [...]
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