Pay attention to the one about your home being a great investment… I do not think so!!! http://www.bankrate.com/finance/savings/money-myths-1.aspx?ec_id=Tweet101

Simple answer use low cost index funds and the facts speak for themselves. From the N.Y. Times… In an article last year in Financial Analysts Journal, William F. Sharpe, a Nobel laureate in economics, calculated that owners of the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund, a passively managed fund with annual expenses of 0.06 percent,…

Remember none of this stuff makes sense if you do not pay your balances in full each month but if you have excellent credit you probably know that already. Check these out http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2013/11/06/top-7-credit-card-offers-for-those-with-excellent-credit/?kw=out_top7_8

  If you do not name a person as a beneficiary, the deceased estate will inherit the IRA.  Since the estate is not alive the payments cannot be stretched out into the future. By stretching the IRA, a person will greatly limit the tax consequences. If you have not named a beneficiary, it is possible the…

I-Bonds are savings bonds issued by the U.S. government that pay about 1.35%. This rate is much higher than any money market account. You must keep your money here at least a year and no individual can contribute more than $10,000 each year. You can also put in an additional $5,000 if you invest your…

From the Wall Street Journal.. Federal prosecutors indicted Mr. Belfort in 1998 for securities fraud and money laundering. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay $110.4 million in restitution to his victims. The court ordered him to pay 50% of gross income to victims until the full amount had been repaid. In exchange for…

A simple way to figure out how long it will take to double your investment funds if to take the number 72 and divide it by your expected return. For example if you expect an 8% return (The average return of stocks over time) you would divide 72 by 8 and it would take you…

An excellent rule of thumb is to take out no more debt then you expect to earn in your first post college job. If you expect to earn $35,000 your first year you should not have $50,000 in student loan debt. This is a simple way to know if you have overextended yourself. Pass this…

1. Your personal info is wrong. 2. You find accounts you never opened. 3. You are getting messages from lenders you do not know.   This is why you must check your credit report on a regular basis. For more read this excellent article from learnvest  http://www.learnvest.com/knowledge-center/worried-about-credit-fraud-heres-how-to-spot-it/