What Is The GIT? Do you make a substantial amount of money but feel like you’re not getting ahead? Unfortunately, you may have fallen into The Gross Income Trap (GIT). The gross income trap is thinking, behaving, spending, and living a lifestyle as if your Gross Income is your Net Income. Gross income is our income before taxes and deductions….
Taxes are a big deal. America fought for their sovereignty from Britain over them. Individuals go to great lengths, risking jail time to avoid paying them. This may seem illogical, but it cuts deep into human instincts of not wanting to be parted mandatorily with something they own. With that said, are taxes theft and extortion? What are taxes? In…
If you’re wondering if bankruptcy is right for you, you may be in a situation where you’re in a great deal of debt and believe you do not have many options. You may have lost your job or had a medical emergency that put you in a deep financial hole. Debt collectors constantly calling and sending letters, and seeing your…
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, the Federal Reserve (the United States Central Bank) Chairman Jerome Powell lowered The Federal Funds Rate. The finance world was anticipating the action of the Federal Reserve but was surprised by the size of the cut. Chairman Powell announced a half of a percentage rate reduction of the federal funds rate but, what is the…
If you have ever held a job, you’re familiar with the most common form of income, which is earned income. You may also be familiar with passive income and portfolio income. These are the three categories of income. Below we will describe what these categories are and give examples of each, but before we jump ahead, we will discuss the…
Communication is very important in any relationship, and it is especially essential in marriages. The union between two individuals is a legal contract that could be based on various reasons. Christy Bieber, in a Forbes article titled “Leading Causes Of Divorce:…” reported that a survey listed financial security, companionship, and love as the top three reasons why people get married….
Many of us know and believe that family is important. In spite of believing in the importance of family, many do not know the potential that their family holds. Along with that, many do not know how to manifest the untapped potential that is latent in their family. One of the reasons many of us value the importance of family…
Conventional financial wisdom states that a person should pay down high interest debt before they begin investing. The wisdom behind this is that high-interest rates on credit cards will negate the returns on investments. According to LendingTree.com, the average credit card APR in the United States is 24.6%, while the average annual return of the stock market is 10%. Take, for…
What came first, the hammer or the nail? The question is less complicated than the chicken and the egg riddle. We’ve mentioned many times before on this site that money is a tool. We have never specified what type it is because the type of tool does not matter as much as understanding the concept that money is a tool….
Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Yes, Christmas was almost three months ago, and we are entering the second week of March 2024, but it is still the new year. By now, “80 percent of people abandon their New Year’s resolution by Feb. 1,” according to a study done by Forbes reported by an article in the Houston Chronicle,…
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