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Tim is the author of the blog, elementary-finance.com. The goal of this blog is to educate those who have a desire to learn the basics of finance.
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![]() Is selling baseball cards profitable?Elementary-finance.com is kicking off their series about alternative investing. Today we’re going to tackle the subject of selling baseball cards. Baseball cards can sell for a few cents or thousands of dollars so it would only make sense that it could be more than a hobby, or at least we would think so. Let’s see if that’s true. ![]() How to prevent online credit card theftWith increasing frequency and intensity it’s happening and your credit is at risk. The attacks are getting more and more sophisticated and the thieves are becoming more widespread. They are working hard to stay a step ahead of law enforcement and they are largely successful. Your money, your credit, and your identity are at risk of being compromised by online credit card theft. ![]() If you lost your job, you can now afford COBRA Insurance!The unemployment rate is heading up to 10% if you believe the crystal balls of many of the government analysts. Many already have and sadly, many will be losing or lost their jobs. COBRA insurance can help. ![]() Here's the next great penny stock!I had to get you to read this for your own good. I’m sorry to say that I don’t have the next hot penny stock pick but we need to have a talk about penny stocks and why you need to stay away from them. The stats are clear: Much like a slot machine, a few will strike it big but most might as well throw their money in the fireplace and light it up. You are more likely to lose your money. Bottom line! ![]() Using stock market news to your advantageWhere do you get your stock market news? There is no shortage of news out there and with the invention of the internet and other modern technology, one can get financial news from around the globe 24 hours a day. In fact, investors routinely come to work at 2 or 3AM to get a jump on the European market news before it affects our country. ![]() Have you rethought your investment strategy lately?Sunday is football day, Saturday is boxing night, and just about any night can be hoops night. Sports is the American past time. Open that up to our world and we can say with confidence that there are very few people who don’t follow at least one sport. One thing we know for sure is that in order to succeed in sports, you have to have a strategy going in to the game. Why is it that if you ask the average investor what their investment strategy is, they won’t have an answer? ![]() Can an investment manager make you money in the stock market?All of the great psychologists of the our world would send us to people like Freud for the answer to the question, do we need an investment manager. The fact is that most of us have that ego that psychologists speak of. In our quest for affirmation of worth, we want to think that we’re good at everything. How’s that for psychological theory? ![]() Where can you find useful investing advice?You’ve noticed it too. There is a flood of investing advice for you to read but much of it doesn’t seem all that useful in part, because half of it is simply saying that the other half is wrong. It’s the classic bulls versus the bears story. Where do you find good investing advice? ![]() How to actually make money in the stock marketWhat’s the secret to great investing? The secret is that there really is no secret. By the end of this article you are going to know how to invest in a way that will actually make you money. ![]() Can you really find the next hot stock?It’s an article writers dream! Throw the words, hot stocks, in your article title and the readers will flock to you faster than seagulls to food. (A flock of seagulls stole my lunch while sitting on the beach on a recent vacation. I’m still mad)
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