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1. Barter goods and services with other businesses.You should try to trade for something before youbuy it. Barter deals require little or no money. 2. Try networking with other businesses. You couldtrade leads or mailing lists. This’ll cut down on yourmarketing and advertising costs. 3. Save profits by getting your business supplies inbulk quantities. You [...]

A lot of people I talk to tell me that they have a great idea fora home business, but when I ask them when they are going to startit up, more often than not they say something like, “Well, Iwould start, but I don’t have a lot of spare cash right now,” or,“I just need [...]

Talk at the “cooler” about investing, is usually around Stocks.Although I make money in Commodities, there is a “safe” way -that banks and investment houses use, but they won’t tell You! How about a product that returns 12 – 42%, is 100% insured andbacked by the assets of the wealthiest institutions on the planet.Your banker [...]

“Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” -P.T. Barnum John Ray, the famous 17th century author, was known to havewritten the aphorism, “Money begets money.” In thebusiness world, I’m sure you’ve also heard the saying,“You’ve got to have money to make money.” There are countless sources of cash, but by far, the bestone [...]

The facts are that 75% of all US and 50% of all Canadian marriages end in divorce. Divorce is rated number two onthe scale of the most life altering stressors. During this difficult time you have to deal with everything thrown at you, all at once. It is a difficult, confusing and intimidating time to [...]

It’s a new world. Gone are the days of writing paper checks and entering credit card numbers. Now with the click of a mouse youcan pay anyone anywhere, anytime, or you can receive paymentsyourself without a merchant account. All you need is the rightservice and an email address. There are so many “electronic payment” services [...]

Saving for your retirement doesn’t have to be a nightmare as long as you are aware of your options. For now, we’re focusing on 401K and 403B retirement plans. These two plans are essentially the same except that for-profit companies use 401Ks and non-profit companies, such as the government, use 403Bs. An employee contributes to [...]

I’m busy enough! I don’t have time to start a business! What good would it do me anyway? Well, having your own business is one of the best ways to save money ontaxes and considering that many of you just finished paying Uncle Samall your wages from January to May 2000, I thought you might [...]

The Plastic Swipeby Gabriel Nijmeh I’m sure that most of us don’t really know what happens betweenthe time your swipe your credit and receive purchase approval(or, ugh, credit card declined). This is a process that happensmillions of times over during the course of a day and one whichwe take for granted. Let’s VISA as an [...]

An investment club is a group of people who meet at least once a month to increase their investment knowledge. They agree to contribute a predetermined amount of money which they then pool together to invest, typically, in the stock market. Depending on the extent of the trading knowledge of the members, monthly contributions can [...]