Financial strategies for small-business owners
If you’re a small business owner, your heart, soul, and most of your time go into your work. Unfortunately, even sheer hard work doesn’t always guarantee financial security, …
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Memories of Eddie Arnold
Been in the briar patch picking blackberries, got two large freezer bags full from two pickings. The Mrs. suggested blackberry jam out of the pickings but my thoughts …
Investments (and expertise) can make great Mothers Day gifts
Mothers Day arrives this Sunday. You could, of course, give Mom some flowers, and shed probably appreciate them. But if your mother is a certain age, you might …
Time is greatest ally of ÒGeneration YÓ
If youÕre a member of ÒGeneration YÓ – generally defined as those between the ages of 18 and 25 – youÕre probably thinking of many things: going to …
TCW celebrates 14 years and talkinÕ retirement
The month of May marks the fourteenth year Two Cents Worth has been in publication. From all this typing, hope you have: learned something, brought back an old …
Put Your Tax Rebate to Work
You may not be familiar with its formal name – the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 – but youre almost certainly aware of its key outcome: a tax …
Who’s looking out for individual investors?
If you’ve been investing for a while, you know that few things are guaranteed in the investment world, and taking some level of risk with your money is …
The King lives, and drives a Rolls
About two weeks ago we headed out of Crosby back to the hills and mountains of West Virginia. As we drove north through Mississippi and neared the Tennessee …
The Fab Five
By Kristan Hoffman For Valentines Day, my boyfriend did not buy me chocolates or flowers. He also didnt take me out to dinner. He didnt give me a …
Follow a withdrawal strategy that wont leave you empty
When youre working, you probably focus on how much youre putting in to your investment portfolio. But when you retire, how much you take out will be a …