Book Review: The Instant Millionaire
Mark Fisher is a self-made millionaire who shares a timeless story in his book The Instant Millionaire. This is not your typical book filled with tips on budgeting, saving hacks, and investing principles. The tale covers a brief period of a young man’s life when he’s had enough of his dead-end job and decides to [...]
How I Overcame My Fear of Investing
Price-to-earnings ratio. Market capitalization. Operating cash flow. 20-day moving average. Say what? Back in college, these were the very terms of an overwhelming presence despite my growing interest in investing. When I hear that college students are buying luxury cars and eating out because they were making a fortune daytrading stocks, my intuition told me [...]
How a Friend Lost $1,300 to a Magazine Scam
Deceptive businesses exist all around the world and we hear stories of fraud and scamming. The extremity of such deceitful practices is unknown until it hits close to home. Among the common fraud schemes such as Nigerian money transfers and pyramid scams, there is the popular magazine scam – the one my friend became a [...]
How I Was Able To Build Good Credit As A College Student
In the minds of most young college students, the word “credit” usually accompanies the word “card”. Debt, credit reports, and credit scores certainly do not have priority over getting A’s and surviving college life. But, credit will be a significant part of everyone’s life after college so it is crucial for a college student to [...]
Two Students That Started Their Own Mini Businesses In College
Don’t argue it. Every college student wants, needs and uses money. Some have part-time jobs. Some don’t. For those that don’t, a few have created their own business and became their own boss. Entrepreneurial spirit is rampant in the young adult generation and some ideas have the potential to become success stories. I have also [...]
