Year: 2011

Finding Christian Investments Not As Easy As It Used To Be

a href=”https://solomonsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/47542969_24c6d24077_m.jpg”>SolomonSuccess.comSometimes it’s tough to maintain the moral and ethical stance of your Christian investments in the face of the modern corporate tendency to dip their fingers into questionable areas like abortion, pornography, alternative lifestyles, drug and alcohol vice, and even immoral entertainment choices. To get an idea of what we’re up against, we visited the Hall of Shame at www.TimothyPlan.com to see what we would see.

The Solomon Proverbs Are Not Suggestions

SolomonSuccess.comIn this fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to get caught up in the hullabaloo and forget to give Bible teachings their due respect, especially when it comes to finances. Remember that God was not in the habit of offering wishy-washy advice we have the option to take or leave. Neither was King Solomon, and it would be good to remember that the Solomon Proverbs and, indeed, all the Bible, are COMMANDS – not suggestions.

The REAL Hedge Against Inflation

SolomonSuccess.comA good financial adviser will not ignore the fact that inflation is an unavoidable fact of the modern American economy and, as such, it behooves the investor to arrange his portfolio to reduce the severity of the backhand across the face it can deliver when you tally up the credits and debits at the end of the year. Consider this. The government admits to an annual inflation rate of about four percent though, since the official calculation excludes food and energy costs, the number might as well have been sent in by as a candy-gram from a lobotomized clown, a term which, strangely, makes us think of Ben Bernanke.

King Solomon’s New Proverb: You Get What You Pay For

SolomonSuccess.comFar be it from us to demonstrate the unmitigated gall to presume to update one of King Solomon’s Proverbs – oh, what the heck, we’ll go ahead and do it. The problem is not that his ideas are outdated but rather that language has changed so much, and the attention span of the average American has regressed to that of a fruit fly, that we’re afraid some of the good king’s wisdom isn’t getting through any more. Like it or not, the message has been obfuscated by language.

So here we go. King Solomon’s New and Improved Proverb #1. We call this one, “You get what you pay for.”

A Responsible Man in the Land of Irresponsibility

SolomonSuccess.comAmerica may be the land of opportunity but it has disintegrated into the land of irresponsibility as well, which wouldn’t have sat well with King Solomon or God, for that matter. Too many of us want to get rich quick while medicating ourselves into oblivion, supporting hideously bad behavior on reality television, and poisoning our one and only body with a steady diet of tasty but nutritionally dead food products that only faintly resemble anything edible.

The Four Pillars of a Micropreneur

SolomonSuccess.comThe path of a micropreneur is one with unique attributes and challenges. With a business that you operate yourself, it may seem that resources for accomplishing your goals are severely limited. However, it is quite possible to leverage business relationships so that you are able to take advantage of vast resources and knowledge. By operating your own shop, it will allow you to maximize the time spent in pursuit of your business goals and personally control the direction of your business. The fundamentals of being a micropreneur are articulated in the four pillars. These four pillars are Passion, Profits, Control and Leverage.

Three Strikes and You’re Not Out

SolomonSuccess.comOne of the most frequent objections that people pose in response to information about investment or entrepreneurship is the scars of past failures. Sometimes there is dreadful credit history, or a past rental property experience with a particularly bad tenant. In other cases, people have a fundamental belief that success is something that they do not deserve or cannot achieve. In these cases, people perceive that they have ‘strikes’ against their prospects for success.

Unemployment Predictions for 2011 Not Good News For America

a href=”https://solomonsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/4423185450_f8469ab77b_m1.jpg”>SolomonSuccess.comEmployment is one of the fundamental factors of economic growth that represent the most frequently used yardstick for measuring recoveries. In discussion of employment, there are two distinctly different categories of unemployment that must be understood. The first is the ‘narrow’ definition that compares the people who are unemployed and looking for work against the total labor force who is employed or looking. The alternative or ‘broad’ definition includes discouraged workers who have stopped looking for work and incorporates the number of people who are working part time, but would like to be employed full time.

Austin, Texas, 11.5% Profit Would Make Solomon Proud

SolomonSuccess.comAustin experienced a moderate value contraction after the financial collapse, but is now regressing back toward its long-term trend of modest single digit appreciation. The economic fundamentals of Austin continue to be strong as it moves into 2011. Currently, approximately 37% of listings in Austin are from foreclosures.