Blog Entries tagged 'home equity' http://www.killingsacredcows.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:29:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.killingsacredcows.com/147-why-are-retirement-plans-failing-147/ <p>With my &quot;Fire Your Financial Adviser&quot; seminar and our Producer Power Hour podcast this week, I wanted to address a topic that I feel is grossly misunderstood. &nbsp;When I was a traditional financial adviser, I would rattle off some assumed 2000 Bureau of Labor Statistics that came out with a longitudinal report that studied where 25 yr olds in 1960 were in 2000. &nbsp;It showed 29% of 65 year olds deceased, 66% totally dependent on others or still working, 4% financially independen [...] cmiles Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 wealthy retirement qualified plan media investing home equity financial strategies financial freedom finance deception 401k http://www.killingsacredcows.com/81-the-top-5-reasons-why-you-should-not-invest-your-home-equity/ &hellip;And How To Overcome Them<br /><p><br />In the past few years, hundreds of people have invested home equity, only to lose it all and get into serious financial trouble. With this in mind, here are five reasons why you should not invest your home equity. Avoiding these five pitfalls will prepare you to safely maximize the productivity of all your financial resources, including home equity.<br /><br />Reason #1: Personal Consumption</p><p><img style="margin: 10px" src="http://www.killingsac [...] causeofliberty Tue, 27 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100 risk mitigation investing home equity financial strategies economic production economic consumption