Wealth

Build Wealth Like a Vanderbilt

November 14, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  I am not sure if I ever told you this, but I really love Anderson Cooper.  I love a man who is well educated, well travelled, and who can speak intelligently.  Anderson Cooper is also easy on the eyes and he has a great smile, which never hurts. Needless to say when [...]

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Tips to Preserve Our Wealth

February 23, 2011

MSN recently published an article titled “Athletes Gone Broke”.  I can tell you that it reads as a cautionary tale of what not to do when we have money in order to make sure that we don’t lose all of our accumulated wealth. It is important for us to learn how to accumulate wealth, but [...]

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Are You Rich?

December 20, 2010

What does being rich mean to you? Does it mean having a lot of money or does it mean having more money than someone else? MSN recently published an article titled “How Much Does it take to be Rich?” and it made me think…am I rich? If I compare myself to other entrepreneurs such as [...]

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Why Do You Work?

November 15, 2010

I really like my job. Of course I would prefer not to work, but everyone says that.  Over the last weekend I thought to myself…Why do I enjoy the weekends so much? I enjoy them because they are a break from my work week, but what if I didn’t have a work week to break [...]

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Marrying into DINKS

October 22, 2010

My father is getting re-married next year.  Although I am less than thrilled about his decision, at the end of the day it is his choice. This past week I had a conversation with my Dad about our joint finances and his new family. I politely reminded him not to forget about his original family [...]

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Measuring Our Success

August 26, 2010

Would you agree that Donald Trump and Warren Buffet are successful?  When we say that, what do we base it on? In general, I believe that the majority of people determine how successful they are by the amount of money they have.  Is success always measured by money? Success is relative to each individual person. [...]

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Treat Your Money Like Your Marriage

August 16, 2010

As readers of DINKS Finance we are generally interested in 2 things….our relationships and our finances. Today we are going to discuss how to grow and preserve both of them.  Here are some quick tips about how to treat our money like our marriages, or in my case, our relationships. Hopefully our marriage is the [...]

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Crimes of Money

August 6, 2010

Happy Friday DINKS! As we are all (hopefully) in the wealth accumulation stage of our lives, today we are going to discuss loosing it all! The wealth accumulation stage is the time in our lives when we are focusing on paying off debt and saving our money.  If we bought our homes in our mid [...]

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Is it Better to be Rich or Wealthy?

July 23, 2010

Happy Friday DINKS. As we get ready for this hot and sunny end of July weekend we will discuss our money; how we save it and how we spend it.  As I look over my bank account and investment account balances at the end of this month I find myself thinking…Why am I saving money? [...]

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It’s OK to Talk About Money

July 22, 2010
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It may be because I work in Finance but I have never been shy to talk about money.  My friends also all work in finance. We are used to dealing with money, therefore we are all very open about money. We discuss everything including when we are broke and how we are planning to spend [...]

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