Main Stream Thinking Will Not Lead to Financial Freedom

If main stream thinking would lead to financial freedom - wouldn’t there be many more financially free people? Most of us are taught to go to school - get a good job and climb up the corporate ladder. How many that have followed that path are financially free? It is hard to tell, because there are many different definitions of financial freedom. If I were to make a guess - I would guess that fewer than 5% of the people in the U.S are financially free. I would also guess that very few of those became financially free by climbing the corporate ladder.

A Quick Primer on How to Save Money

Everybody wants to get rich. However, not everyone will get rich because of the simple fact that not too many people know how to save. Being able to gain riches is all depends on how you can build wealth. And building wealth all depends on how much you can save. If you're looking for tips on how to save money, and build wealth, then here are a few tips to help you on your way.

Putting Money Into RRSPs & Paying Extra On Your Mortgage Will Not Make You Rich

Have you ever wondered if you're on the right path? With the insights you are about to gain, I hope you will choose not to always follow the crowd (and accepted wisdom), but to find the best path for your journey towards financial independence. For the first step on that journey, let's take a look at the two places most Canadians accumulate the most money:

Interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

How To Attain Wealth Quickly And Effortlessly - The Wealth Theory - Part 3

In order to receive wealth into your life quickly and effortlessly, you must first do something so simple that it is often ignored or disregarded. Have you been leaving this fundamental component behind?

Make Money Fast – These Proven Tips Could Make You Rich! Part 1

The Tips you will find in this article are taken from the book the Zurich Axioms which is one of the best books ever written on how to make money and make money fast. The book does not conform to conventional investment wisdom, but that's no bad thing as people who follow the norm don't get rich. The people who followed these Axioms did and you can to, so let’s look at some of them.

Asset Management FAQs

Although asset management has been around for some time now, its popularity among industries has only been apparent in the last few years. People do have quite a number of questions regarding asset management especially if they are interested in employing the services of asset management companies.

What is Asset Management?

Asset management describes the management of assets that are invested on behalf of different sectors. It is the process of managing money for individuals and companies alike through stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents among others. It is often used in the financial services industry and is made possible through professional investors who manage an individual's or company's assets based on pre-determined objectives and investment styles. Private banking, wealth management, collective investment schemes, even pension funds are some of the ways in which people manage their assets. There are also other ways of properly managing assets that are available for companies as well.

Private Asset Management

It is quite difficult for companies and industries to manage all their assets especially if their assets take on various forms such as properties, finances, stocks and the like. There are instances that the sheer quantity of assets makes it hard for companies to handle them, often needing a specialized arm or division of the firm to manage their assets properly for optimal use. Even if asset management is often for companies or industries, there are cases when individuals turn to the services offered by private asset management to help them properly take note of their assets so they can manage these for greater returns.

Property Asset Management

Property asset management is part of asset management and includes property selection, the implementation of policies and performance standards for the said property, and the proper monitoring of the property's performance to meet the owner's objectives. In order to properly manage one's property assets, several factors are considered prior to acquiring properties.

The Truth About Wealth

The final truth about wealth is that the transference is NOT reserved, limited, or unavailable, for anyone who has made a firm decision to take the 1) time to understand, and 2) the chance to allow a sound plan runs its course.

Wealth Warning - Why Banking is Becoming the Most Morally Corrupt Industry in the World

If you want to build serious wealth then there is one thing that you should not do. Don't park vast reserves on money in a bank. Banks are becoming exceedingly cunning at finding ways to shave the edges off your savings. In my opinion, banks are becoming THE most morally corrupt institutions in the world. Yes, you read that correctly. Read on to find out why I detest what banks are doing to the average Joe Blow in the street...

Wealth Building - A Simple Way To Make Money Fast

We all want to build wealth so here we are going to look at a simple way to do it, anyone can do. By investing a small amount of money, you can build wealth quickly and more importantly, with low risk. Anyone with a small amount of seed capital can build wealth, so lets look at how to do it.

Wealth Building - From One BRIC at a Time to One Rail at a Time: Investing in China Railways

If you have read any of my past articles you know that I believe that wealth building and investing go hand in hand. My preference is investing in themes using the stock market. I have written several articles on capitalizing on the industrialization of Brazil, Russia, India and China collectively known as BRIC. Now, the goal is to increase our returns by finding a couple of China Railway plays.