I was listening to the radio a few weeks ago, and the radio host was reading comments from his Tweeter page and stumbled across an interesting rant and the host decided to address the rant on the air. Apparently, a self-proclaimed hard working average citizen has taken offense to the actions of a particular wealthy […]
Entries by Alfred King
Well, 2017 is over and here we are at the start of 2018! That was fast! Life seems to move faster these days and partly because of the abundance of information we are exposed to on a daily basis. We live in a time where we can, in the blink of an eye, immediately find […]
Have you ever heard the one about the billionaire who lives in a modest home? That billionaire is Warren Buffett, who Forbes estimates has a $75.6 billion net worth according to Forbes World’s Billionaire List of 2017. His house? It’s not a sprawling 30,000-square-foot beachfront mansion. No, he lives in a quiet Omaha neighborhood in […]
Well, 2017 is over and here we are at the start of 2018! That was fast! Life seems to move faster these days and partly because of the abundance of information we are exposed to on a daily basis. We live in a time where we can, in the blink of an eye, immediately find […]
Answer: The Bible has a lot to say about managing finances. Concerning borrowing, the Bible generally advises against it. See Proverbs 6:1-5; 20:16; 22:7, 26-27 (“The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender…. Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you lack the means to […]
In last month’s Money Matters column, I talked about the severity of the student loan debt crisis in America. To highlight, Americans, owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loans debts and the only debt category higher is mortgage debt. We are essentially mortgaging away our future by paying for our past! Part of the […]
I don’t think anyone would argue that times have changed. In generations that have passed, all you had to do is graduate from high school and you were going to get a job that could take you all the way to retirement while earning a pension and allowing you to retire respectably. But as advancement […]
I know you have heard the saying, “the rich keep getting richer while the poor get poorer.” And, for the most part, it is true. But, why? Have you ever wondered why the rich prosper and the poor don’t? I’ve heard several reasons for this. You hear things like “the playing field is not even;” […]
I love the Olympics! Every 4 years the world stops and focuses on the pinnacle of athletic ability. In particular, I enjoy the track and field sprints with my favorite race being the 100m dash. I find it interesting that all the runners have pretty much the same form when it comes to racing. They […]
When it comes to retirement, we all have dreams. We all have thoughts about the days of when we no longer have to get up to go to our place of employment. What do your retirement plans look like? Whether our retirement dreams look like us continuing to work at a job we enjoy (but […]
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