Tag: Alternative Investments

3 Ways to Fight Inflation and Win the Long Game

Inflation is scary. Groceries, gas, airfare, car purchases, utilities. In so many areas, your buying power is shrinking as prices continue to rise. Fear can make you want to do something—anything—to fight back. Thankfully, many of the best moves to counteract inflation align beautifully with time-tested money management practices. Here are three areas where smart…


How to Cultivate Patience When You’re Waiting for Return on Investment

I spent the first quarter of 2017 investing into new contractors, systems, and services to help scale my business and automate a sales funnel. Everything is built out and now we’re moving into running Facebook ads. This also means its time for me to wait for my return on investment. If you’re anything like me,…


Winning Strategy for Your Money

“A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” Lee Bolman While the quote above applies to almost any situation in life, I’ve found it to be most useful when it comes to money. For example, if you want to buy a new car, you will need a strategy for the down payment. Want to avoid falling…


The Many Uses of Gold That Will Surprise You

Gold is one form of exchange that people have agreed upon worldwide, since it was discovered. That shiny metal around your neck has been used to barter for centuries. However, gold has many other uses. Knowing how gold is used can help you understand its true value. It’s more than just another form of currency….


This Couple Has Made $177,000 by Renting out Their Pool

Article by Gabrielle Bienasz Sometimes it pays to have a pool. Jim Battan, of West Linn, Oregon, has made revenue of $177,000 in less than two years renting out his pool through an app dubbed the “Airbnb of pools,” according to CNBC Make it. (The outlet said it verified the revenue through documentation.) Swimply, a venture-backed startup founded in…


Entering Into a Saturated Market? You Can Still Succeed!

Article by Tommy Wyher Offering a superior service or product at the right price can help small businesses compete with corporate juggernauts. The demand is a huge aspect of business, as a new business is not always going to be guaranteed their products/services are widely needed. Entering a saturated market will require a company to innovate to set itself apart from…


5 Reasons Your Financial Adviser Won’t Let You Buy Physical Gold & Silver

Sponsored Content In an age of unfettered digital access and do-it-yourself grit, today’s investors aren’t the same passive or uninformed clients they once were. Most are still not experts, but their lack of passivity helps them notice certain things that get them thinking. For instance, most are aware that the U.S. economy is somewhat in…


These College Kids Bought a Failing Company With Their Bar Mitzvah Money. Now It’s a $40 Million Business

By Liz Brody Fresh Prints is a thriving business that began with a very bad decision. “We bought the company pretty blind,” says Jacob Goodman. This was 10 years ago, when Goodman and his fraternity brother Josh Arbit were students at Washington University in St. Louis. At the time, Fresh Prints was a failing clothing company that sold fraternity, sorority,…


5 Passive Wealth-Building Strategies to Add 3 Days to Your Weekend

Many people associate work with punching the clock, the 9-to-5 slog, and saving for retirement. The trouble is, an hourly rate alone will never make you wealthy and drains your most precious resource: time. Fortunately, you have alternative strategies. Unfortunately, you’ve probably never heard about them, as they’re usually reserved for the super-rich. Multimillionaire entrepreneur, angel investor…


12 Realistic Ways to Make Your First $1 Million

By Barbara Friedberg At first glance, building a net worth of $1 million might seem unattainable, but it’s more realistic than you think. In fact, you don’t even need a winning lottery ticket or a trust fund to join this exclusive club. Your annual income certainly plays a role, but the way you allocate your funds actually…