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Are You Your Own Financial Best Friend or Worst Enemy?
How good have you been to yourself lately? Are you your financial best friend? What pain are you causing yourself in the future, by not making the best financial decisions? We all want financial rewards; however, subconsciously many times we sabotage ourselves, with poor financial habits. This quiz will help you identify the areas/habits that are keeping you from reaping your financial rewards and achieving your goals.
The Secret Behind Your Financial Numbers
Where are you financially? Are you progressing or regressing? Do you know your net worth? Your net worth is simply the difference between the dollar ($) value of what you OWN and the dollar ($) value of what is OWED. The secret is in the details.
Will Your Money Mind-set Make Your Children Rich?
Are your financial decisions influenced by your parents? Do you see any commonalities in the way persons in your family make financial decisions? How many generations do you see this money mind-set playing out in one form or another? It is Child’s Month, and “children learn what they live” (Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.). What money mind-sets are you passing on to your child/ren? Are these mind-sets positive or negative?
Getting Your Investment ‘Game On’ in Stocks
How much return did you make on your investments or savings last year? Investors made an overall return of 42% on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) in 2018, according to the Exchange’s head honcho, Marlene Street-Forrest. With such stellar performance, it is not surprising that for the second time around, since 2015, the JSE copped the top spot as the best performing stock exchange worldwide.