Dealing With Disappointments
The $3,500 commission check you were expecting won’t be coming. The customer canceled the order.
READ MOREETR’s “Cookie Jar” Retirement Plan
How are you planning to fund your retirement? Depending on a mix of 401(k) and Social Security? Maybe a savings account? Real estate? Mutual funds?
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: A Parade of Misuses
While listening to National Public Radio, I heard a plug for the film The King’s Speech. The announcer referred to George VI’s “impromptu ascension to the throne.” If you’ve seen this excellent movie, you know that George’s becoming king could be described in many ways, but impromptu — spontaneous, unplanned…
READ MOREMoney Now… and Savings for Retirement
Yesterday, I outlined a great way for you to bring in a second stream of income: starting an “info-net” business. We talk a lot about that at Early to Rise, because we believe it really is the fastest and easiest way to make extra money now and, at the same…
READ MOREThere Is Another Option to Working in Retirement
If you’ve been reading Early to Rise for a while, you know that traditional retirement planning — with conservative investments, 401(k)s, savings accounts, and the like — just isn’t up to snuff. Not only will you not have enough money to enjoy your “dream” lifestyle when you retire… you might…
READ MOREHow to Have a Better Mid-Life Crisis
A mid-life crisis — if you fully embrace the stereotype — can be expensive. Fancy car… trophy wife… new body… new career. But — as with so many things — your buck buys you more when you take your mid-life crisis to a tropical paradise and teach it to dance…
READ MOREMexico’s Legendary Silver Belt
Yesterday, I told you about an exciting silver investment detailed in Andrew Gordon’s new special report. Andrew says this company’s stock price could gain as much as 760% this year. It has to do with where the company owns land. It has 177,000 acres in the Silver Belt — the…
READ MORESilver’s Next Jackpot
There is a lot of money to be made this year by investing in the right silver company. That’s what I learned late last week when our research director, Andrew Gordon, e-mailed me an advance copy of his latest special report. The report will be going out to members of…
READ MORESo You Wanna Be an Entrepreneur…
It’s hard to say which comes first – the desire to be an entrepreneur or the germ of an idea for a business. Obviously, you need both.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: The Moral of the Story
In my reading, I’ve recently encountered many sentences like these: “‘The moral and ethical tone of any organization is set at the top,’ said Michael G. Cherkasky, chairman of the panel….” “There are strong moral and ethical reasons for why low-income Americans should not be forced to grapple with pressing…
READ MOREMaster Limited Partnerships
In yesterday’s issue of ETR, I talked about Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). These companies take an entirely different approach than most in the oil and gas sector. They don’t explore or drill for oil or gas. They don’t buy or sell it either. They just move oil or gas from…
READ MOREMastering This Investment Class
The Marcellus Shale gas formation has drawn a lot of attention in the past few years. It contains an estimated 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and no fewer than 15 companies are drilling there. But natural gas prices have fluctuated quite a bit for the last nine years.…
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