Smart Money For Life » Personal Financial Issues http://smartmoneyforlife.com Improve your Financial Future starting Today! Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:26:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 How to ride out a Recession http://smartmoneyforlife.com/how-to-ride-out-a-recession http://smartmoneyforlife.com/how-to-ride-out-a-recession#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:38:48 +0000 Michael http://www.familyfinancialvalues.com/?p=107 I guess it is official, we’re in a Recession.  It is official because the economists have declared it so.  Apparently the recession started in December 2007, so we’ve been in a recession for about 1 year now.

The good news is that it has felt like a recession for about a year.  It seem like [...]]]> http://smartmoneyforlife.com/how-to-ride-out-a-recession/feed 1 Eliminate Stock Market Losses http://smartmoneyforlife.com/eliminate-stock-market-losses http://smartmoneyforlife.com/eliminate-stock-market-losses#comments Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:31:15 +0000 Michael http://www.familyfinancialvalues.com/?p=94 Sounds like a good idea, wouldn’t you agree?  It especially seems like a good idea to people who just lost 20% or 30% or 40% of their stock portfolio!

There are options available to invest that allow you to participate in the returns of the stock market AND are guaranteed against loss.  Correct, guaranteed against [...]]]> http://smartmoneyforlife.com/eliminate-stock-market-losses/feed 1 Do the Next Right Thing http://smartmoneyforlife.com/do-the-next-right-thing http://smartmoneyforlife.com/do-the-next-right-thing#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:48:04 +0000 Michael http://www.familyfinancialvalues.com/?p=92 Every once in a while I need to remind myself to “Do the Next Right Thing”.  A simple statement but very powerful; it serves to refocus my attention and reprioritize.  Everyone should use a similar tactic themselves.

Usually it has a calming effect because I know that if I slow down and just follow my [...]]]> http://smartmoneyforlife.com/do-the-next-right-thing/feed 0