Posts for My Journey to Millions


What Type of Will Do You Have? Review of a Simple Will

From My Journey to Millions
September 1, 2010 at 1:30 am
As part of my day job I review a lot, and I mean a lot of Wills.  Most Last Wills and Testaments are structured the same way; all assets are left to the surviving spouse and upon ... (more)

Selling Your Structured Settlement

From My Journey to Millions
August 31, 2010 at 11:53 am
What is a Structured Settlement?  According to JG Went Worth, A structured settlement is a financial package that allows court-awarded compensation to be paid in regular installments ... (more)

Starting a Business Is Cheaper Than Ever Before

From My Journey to Millions
August 30, 2010 at 1:13 am
Whenever people start telling me their business ideas I start going into over drive almost feeding off their excitement and intensity.  Talking about starting a business or ... (more)

Does Money Buy Happiness? Evan’s Theory

From My Journey to Millions
August 27, 2010 at 1:05 am
How often do you hear that cliché statement, “Money doesn’t buy happiness”?  Well I think it does, and I have a theory on it! Money Does Buy Happiness Theory It is only ... (more)

Are Generation Y-ers Different? Do I follow the Stereotypes?

From My Journey to Millions
August 25, 2010 at 1:09 am
I was reading an article today titled “Serving Gen Y Now: Advice on branding, service and capturing Gen Y – and its assets – now” in the August 2010 edition of Investment ... (more)

What do you Think of Sure ‘Investments’ Articles?

From My Journey to Millions
August 23, 2010 at 1:09 am
Whenever I see an article titled like the The Wall Street Journal’s, Ten Money Moves that Will Always Pay Off, I always read it.  Always.  I have no idea why I am attracted ... (more)

What are Payday Loans? Should you Use Them?

From My Journey to Millions
August 20, 2010 at 1:05 am
Payday Loans are blasted throughout the personal finance world, to be avoided at all costs, but what exactly is a payday loan? What is a Payday Loan? According to The Payday Place, ... (more)

Updating the Perpetual Income Machine

From My Journey to Millions
August 18, 2010 at 1:10 am
After giving you all the facts about how my dividend portfolio has done over the past 6 months, I figured it was time to update my spreadsheets to determine whether I am sticking ... (more)

Funny Stock Symbols

From My Journey to Millions
August 16, 2010 at 1:05 am
The Wall Street Journal had an article about different ETF Funds suing each other because their names are similar and may be confusing to some investors, and it got me to thinking ... (more)

Heading Overseas? Time to Think About Your Credit Card

From My Journey to Millions
August 12, 2010 at 10:06 am
If you are planning on travelling abroad any time soon, then getting a new credit card may not be the first thing that you think about, but the first section of this article will ... (more)

What’s the Hot Sector to Invest In? Do You Even Care?

From My Journey to Millions
August 12, 2010 at 1:05 am
I read an article today on CNN Money titled, “The Case for Buying Small Cap Stocks” where the author, tells the reader why not to buy small cap stocks and then in the very ... (more)

6 Months Later a Look at my Perpetual Income Machine

From My Journey to Millions
August 11, 2010 at 1:10 am
In February I wrote about wanting to start investing in dividend producing stocks and then I immediately wrote about creating my dividend portfolio.  Well since it has been six ... (more)

What Does Patent Pending Mean?

From My Journey to Millions
August 9, 2010 at 1:05 am
The Wife received a cool wine aerator from a company named, Vinturi.  I noticed that the box mentioned that the technology was patent pending, and I thought to myself what does ... (more)

Do You Need to Force Yourself to be Cash Poor to Stay on Track?

From My Journey to Millions
August 6, 2010 at 12:07 am
Like most things in life, I truly believe that the basics of personal finance is a combination of mental toughness and knowing yourself.  I know I need barriers between me and ... (more)

2 Years of Blogging! Something More Important than Finances

From My Journey to Millions
August 5, 2010 at 1:05 am
When I was deciding how to memorialize my second year of blogging I thought of two things.  A blog give away or a really detailed financial update as to what has changed in my ... (more)

My Journey to Millions Almost 2 Year Anniversary – Repost of my First Central Theme

From My Journey to Millions
August 4, 2010 at 9:57 am
August 5th, 2010 will be 2 years for My Journey to Millions! To put that in perspective: High School was 4 years College was 4 Years Law School was 3 years I have been Married ... (more)

Repost of my First Post Picked Up By Main Stream Media – My Journey to Millions Almost 2 Year Anniversary

From My Journey to Millions
August 2, 2010 at 2:40 pm
August 5th, 2010 will be 2 years for My Journey to Millions! To put that in perspective: High School was 4 years College was 4 Years Law School was 3 years I have been Married ... (more)

Repost of my First Post – Almost Two Year Anniversary at My Journey to Millions

From My Journey to Millions
August 1, 2010 at 11:57 am
August 5th, 2010 will be 2 years for My Journey to Millions!  To put that in perspective: High School was 4 years College was 4 Years Law School was 3 years I have been Married ... (more)

Is Evan a Personal Finance D-Bag Part 2?

From My Journey to Millions
July 30, 2010 at 1:05 am
Last time I asked the question of whether I was a personal finance D-Bag I went to The Met and paid the full “suggested” price to get in.  I couldn’t decide if I was a ... (more)

Would You Opt Out of The Social Security Ponzi Scheme?

From My Journey to Millions
July 28, 2010 at 1:10 am
Maybe the title is a little unfair, but take a look at the definition of a Ponzi Scheme by the SEC and tell me Social Security as it exists today doesn’t fit? A Ponzi scheme ... (more)

Why You Should Try To Get the Smallest Tax Refund Possible?

From My Journey to Millions
July 26, 2010 at 1:05 am
It may seem like a great idea to expect a large tax refund year after year. Many people anticipate their refunds with plans to use them for vacations and other luxuries they otherwise ... (more)

What does your Tax Return Say About You and Your Financial Health?

From My Journey to Millions
July 23, 2010 at 1:05 am
I just recently discovered the new York Times Series titled, Financial Tuneup whereby author Ron Lieber attempts To tackle the never-ending, ever-multiplying list of undone money ... (more)

Why Use a Prepaid Credit Card?

From My Journey to Millions
July 22, 2010 at 1:03 am
There are many benefits to using a prepaid credit card.  A prepaid credit, also known as a secured credit card  is defined by bank rate as a credit card that, “…requires ... (more)

Some Past Financial Bubbles

From My Journey to Millions
July 20, 2010 at 1:05 am
Considering our recent banking, and real estate bubble and all this talk about whether the 2 year run in gold is actually a bubble has me thinking about what were some of the ... (more)

An Introduction to Forex Trading

From My Journey to Millions
July 19, 2010 at 1:05 am
The popularity of foreign exchange trading has grown dramatically over the past decade. Originally the province of large banks and financial institutions, retail forex trading ... (more)