The best investment you can make is in yourself. Check out this great video by Bob Parsons about nailing an interview. Check out my bookstore . [All content is copyright of Adventures In Money Making ] ... Read the full post ... Read more

Here's an interesting snippet about the benefits of dividend investing : "A recent Associated Press report noted that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs has only earned $1 per year since he returned to the CEO post in 1997. That seems to beg the question how does someone live on $1 per year? ... Read more

According the interesting guys at Agora Finance, the all industry thats in a bull market is government employment! Not sure why increased government spending is touted as a good thing. Sure it helps the economy from spiralling into a depression, but shouldn't there be some limit on it? Its not ... Read more

I read an interesting article today from a commodities trader: The following comments come from a Merrill Lynch publication today. “To repeat our Mantra: 1) Whatever MUST happen, WILL happen. 2) In a debt crisis, inflation is the ONLY solution. 3) The FED + US Treasury can create inflation ... Read more

Last week, gold prices hit nearly $1,200/oz. Most people think that this is a bubble and that gold prices are due to drop. I'm really not sure what to make of this, but I feel that in the long run (3-5 years), gold prices will keep going higher. But let me quote someone who's credibility and inves ... Read more

If we knew what would grow faster than inflation, we all could just plonk our retirement money in it and be assured of safe leisurely life in our old age. So what has been proven to grow faster than inflation over the past century without fail? Government Spending! According to the Privateer , " ... Read more

Here's an interesting article about how CEOs today don't have a stake in the companies they manage. Since they don't have a stake and are only focused on their take-home salary their interests are not aligned with those of the shareholders. Over the past few decades the spread between the salaries ... Read more

It had to happen sooner or later. Well, it finally happened! Jobless graduate sues her college A New York woman who says she cannot find a job is suing the college where she obtained a bachelor's degree, the New York Post reports. Trina Thompson, 27, filed a lawsuit last week against Monroe Co ... Read more

Someone sent me a very interesting letter from Bedlam Asset Management, quite an apt name given the economic situation over the past 2 years. Read it and you'll want to go out and buy gold coins ! Depending on where you live and how much you earn, so in the last five weeks you have seen a signif ... Read more

According Bill Bonner: We've seen the biggest stock crash in history... ..the biggest property crash in history... ..the biggest deficits in history (four times the previous record!)... ..the biggest bailouts in history (we can't even count that high)... ..the biggest bankruptcies in history ... Read more