If you’re looking for a job, as I am, one thing you’ve probably heard again and again is the importance of networking, that is, using friends, family and other contacts to find another job. It’s apparently a rather popular method; about 70% of jobs are found through some form of networking, as noted by the …
After nearly a year of rising stock prices, with falling unemployment (albeit rather slowly) and higher than expected economic growth, there’s been a decided change in the commentary from many in the media. The pitchforks and torches have been put away, and being an investment banker is no longer something you don’t mention out in …
Taxing Financial Transactions: Good Idea or Not? Read More »
The one year anniversary of when I started the Amateur Financier is coming up rapidly. (It’s this Sunday, in fact; has a year really gone by this fast already?) As I look back on my blogging career, short though it might seem, I can’t help feeling that I could be doing much better in my …
(Welcome to another addition of Small Business 101. Today we’re going to talk about bootstrapping, one option you can take while starting a small business. Let the funding talk begin!) Q: Alright, just what is bootstrapping? A: Bootstrapping is where a small business makes due with only a small amount of capital and spends it …
Credit cards have become a regular part of most of our lives. Most of us use them as our major method of paying for our purchases. A large portion of them (including me) even make it our primary method of payment, because of the ease of use, the rewards offered by the credit card companies, …
