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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, March 1998, 1999 and 2000
How To Retire At 45
November 6th, 2009
Retire at the age of 45? Can this even be done? Yes, and No. By making smart decisions early it is possible to retire at 45. Start saving today and you could possibly be able to quit that 9-5 job quicker than you thought. I was told the other day that there is no way you could possibly quit working at the age of 45, unless you somehow had some sort of rare luck bestow upon you. I tried to explain to this person that retiring is just a numbers game. That being able to retire is all about numbers, more specifically your bank acount numbers and how much is in them. Follow these simple steps will help you be on track for early retirement.
Apparently Cramer Agrees
October 15th, 2009Apparently Cramer agrees with our August recomendation of buying AT&T. Read about it here.
AT&T has also created a new security division that will possibly provide a huge new revenue stream. They are expanding their security services to business. This expansion in to the security service focused on business will help AT&T outperform many of its competitors.
College Corporation Partners with Google Adsense
September 7th, 2009We are pleased to announce that College Corporation has been accepted into the Google Adsense program. This great opportunity will provide us with good advertising content to place on our site. This program should allow us to generate income to help maintain the costs associated with maintaining and hosting this site. These costs have been increasing with each year and have made me ask if running this site is worth the time and money. Hopefully this will help address some of these concerns.
In the comming months expect to see changes around our site as we add this content to our site. You may see content being moved around as we try to find out what works best for our layout. This is a great first step in making this site self-sustaining.
If you have any suggestions or comments on what you would like to see or have ideas on how to help us keep this site growing, please leave a comment below. Please check back frequently as new content is always being added.
Education Pays Dividends
August 28th, 2009Is education a good investment? Let’s take a look at some of the numbers and see if we can draw our own conclusions on whether education can help increase your chances of earning more in your career.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 90% of young adults graduate high school. Of these 60% continue on to college. The chart below helps illustrate the economic value of education. It appears to show that an increase in education results in an increase in annual earnings.
By finishing your bachelor’s degree on average you would make about $21,800 more than a high school graduate annually. If you extend this over a projected work period of 40 years as the U.S. Census Bureau does, you would earn about $872,000 more than someone with a high school degree.
Where have all the jobs gone?
August 7th, 2009Just like the Jonny Rivers song “Where have all the flowers gone long time passing….” Where have all the jobs gone? So you’ve graduated with that new degree and looking to get a good paying job finally – actually have some money; think again.
So today the job loss report was released and shows that job loss is slowing. The report showed that last month the economy shed 247,000 jobs, which was less than expected. This brings national reported unemployment down to 9.4%. (Unemployment in June was 9.5% and 9.4% in July this means unemployment improved even though more jobs were lost- which only means that people are starting to stop looking for work.)The media has portrayed this in a very positive sense, but that fact we lost 247,000 jobs this month isn’t good. This means we are still on the down slide and still losing jobs.
Today’s job market is beyoned competitive, it’s overwhelmed with canidates. You have to be better prepared than ever to land a job in this market. Follow these pointers and you may just land that job.
