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The Biggest Mistake New Entrepreneurs (Almost Always) Make

by Sandi Martin | Jul 23, 2013 | Blog, Small Business

The point: have a plan for the money you earn within your business, and be ruthless about it. Otherwise, you’ll only succeed through sheer luck. A short meditation, today. Losing power for forty-one hours during the busiest week I’ve had in my practice has...

The Best Discount Brokerage for Small Index Investors, and How Much it’s Going to Cost You

by Sandi Martin | Jul 16, 2013 | Best Discount Brokerage, Blog, Investing

The point: If you’re starting out as an index investor, and are going to be regularly contributing in a self-directed brokerage account, the best discount brokerage for you is TD Direct Investing, but not for any of the reasons most reviewers list. *UPDATED*...
Dear Everyone, Mutual Funds Are Boring. Please Go Buy Some.

Dear Everyone, Mutual Funds Are Boring. Please Go Buy Some.

by Sandi Martin | Jul 10, 2013 | Blog, Investing, Mutual Funds

Mutual funds are profoundly boring, although their ETF cousins have been known to be a little saucy. As an investor, you probably have a vague feeling that by buying mutual funds, you’re performing the financial equivalent of buying a pink tract home and driving...

HST and Small Business: Onus is a Dirty Word

by Sandi Martin | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, HST, Small Business

The point: Trusting the government to tell you what you need to give them and when is like asking your three-year-old to make supper: remarkably inefficient. This post ends with an appeal to write your MP begging for a change in the way small businesses are notified...

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