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Take Control through Financial Education.
When you think about it, our lives are about the decisions that we make and in many cases by the decisions that others make for us. There is no blueprint when we are born, which maps out our lives for us. Our failure, success or mediocrity is measured by a single or multitude of decisions along the way. Financial education enables us to make informed decisions.

Why the World needs Financial Planners
The fallout from the global financial crisis and continued uncertainty has made most clients nervous about the security of their investments. It’s made financial planners even more nervous with falling investment values and fear of losing clients in such volatile markets.

Schools Don't Educate And They Certainly Don't Teach Success

I was a teacher for more than ten years. I loved teaching and learning and for that reason I went back to school way too many time to mention. With all this "education" and teaching, I eventually realized that there was a disconnect between education and future success after graduation. The education establishment is responsible for the fact that schools fail to teach financial education, that schools actually harm students when they reward actions that are detrimental to future success and punish actions and habits that are vital to success.

Is an Internet based Venture Right for You?
As we observe a jobless recovery materialize before our eyes, many workers will be reluctantly thinking about becoming an entrepreneur. To make this transition, you need to read this article to comprehend what is driving the ascendancy of the Free Agent Entrepreneur and the factors to consider as part of determining if an Internet based business is right for you.

How to Survive Decades of Debt and Dollar Doubts

The annualized government borrowings for 2009 will total $5T explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. At this time, 40% of the US Gov’ts budget is being spent to pay interest on its debt. At current budget and spending levels, little to none of the debt is being repaid putting us in a position where there will be Decades of Debt. Due to the magnitude of this debt, inflation will be very high, and the strain of this high inflation, will put the status of the US Dollar as the world’s reserve currency, in question. Both of these concerns generate Dollar Doubts. Read this article to understand the implications of Decades of Debt and Dollar Doubts as well as explore alternative wealth creating strategies.

Should You Retool as a Digital Entrepreneur

These financial bad times are creating fundamental change. Many workers see the writing on the wall and they are going back to school to retrain and in some cases totally reinvent themselves in the pursuit of Digital Entrepreneur employment, explained Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Tech entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are rock stars and supply fuel for highly motivated and idea driven people. You should read this short article to determine if it is time for you to retool and consider business opportunities as a Free Agent Entrepreneur. In addition, factors are provided to ascertain if an Internet based business is good for you.

Water – It’s a Great Place to Be in the Future

Most people in this land believe access to water is some kind of right and that we should not charge a market price for water, explained Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. As a result, market forces have not molded the water industry and many are shocked at the picture of government run water systems which look like something out of the old Soviet Union with unclean, old, and rusted plants … pipes filled with crud and buildup … and outhouse like structures with no security, tapping right into the country’s drinking water supply. We have a water crisis waiting to happen. Read this informative article to understand how the unfolding water disaster is a good place to be in the years ahead and how it is generating an alternative wealth creating strategy spanning the next decade.

Historic Shifts are Underway on the New Silk Road Creating Investment Opportunities
When traditional wisdom is not working, you need to think about alternative wealth generating strategies, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. A vital region alongside the New Silk Road, where East meets West, will be providing alternative investment opportunities as a result of recent political thaws along with expanded trade with Asia.

IS IT TIME TO CUT UP YOUR CREDIT CARD?
The problem of credit card debt that many cardholders face lies more in the use or abuse, misuse, of their credit card. This can be traced directly to their lack of financial control and financial education of these card users.

Use Forex Trading to Provide a Hedge for the Demise of the USD

The $4T Forex currency market can be an alternative wealth creating strategy that offers non dollar-denominated investment opportunities that can be used as a hedge to the potential demise of the US Dollar, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. A review of trading in the Forex market is provided and “no cost, to low cost, yet effective” ways to determine if this wealth creating alternative is for you, are suggested.

Control these Rare Earths and you Control the Energy Technology and Economy in the 21st Century

Rare Earths are several elements within the periodic table that find their way into the alternative energy industry, our aerospace and defense industry, and our modern high-tech lifestyle … without them, none of those industries or our high-tech standard of living will proceed, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. China recently attempted to buy the only deposit of rare earths in the USA and a new deposit in Western Australia believed to be the largest rare earth deposit ever found. Read this informative article to understand how these practices and investments are putting the Middle Kingdom in the driver’s seat for the energy technology and economy of the 21st century and why alternative wealth creating strategies should be considered.

How to Find the Best Financial Education Program
The path to true wealth and prosperity lies in understanding your own finances and taking control of them. The path to failure is letting others, like financial advisers, family or friends, take control of your future by managing your investments or telling you what you should be doing. Worse still, is trying to do it on your own without understanding where you are going.

Opportunities in Retirement
Financial education is one of the great opportunities in retirement to take control of your own financial future. What excuse do you have? You have more time to devote to growing your own nest egg than any financial adviser is likely to have. If you’re saying that you know nothing about investments or managing your own money, then this is a great opportunity to start.

Secrets to Success with Financial Education – Part 1
Traditional financial education through financial advisers focuses on your long term objectives. You need to to change the short term picture if you want to change your lifestyle.

Secrets to Success with Financial Education – Part 2
The secrets to success with financial education. Learn the wealth creation strategies used by the elite.

The need for Financial Education
Not long after the start of the global financial crisis I became aware of a material difference between the so-called wealthy and the wannabe wealthy. Apart from the obvious difference in fortunes held, I have observed there is a difference in the financial education levels and approach to life.

Understanding the Need for Financial Education (or growing old and poor on lottery tickets)
For most of us financial freedom and prosperity are challenges that we all seek in our lifetime. It’s the reason why so many of us spend money on gambling and lotto around the world in the hope of achieving that dream without the pain and effort needed to get there under our own steam

How to educate your child to succeed
Can simple tasks that we do with our children when they are young help them to succeed later in their lives? Here are some activities can do to ensure that we help our children to develop into confident, successful individuals.

Why Gold Really Is Money

It is an unfortunate historical anomaly where people think the paper in their wallets is money, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that money is something that holds value over time and is not subject to devaluation and loss of purchasing power as a result of overspending and a runaway supply of the currency that the government and central banking systems mandates be used as a substitute for money. Also learn about strategies to reduce the risk of further loss of purchasing power.

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Why We Want You to Be Rich
My friend, Robert Kiyosaki, and I recently came out with a new book -- Why We Want You to Be Rich - and it's already a huge bestseller.

Are We Addicted to Internet Bandwidth Like We Are to Petroleum
As worldwide demand for Internet connectivity rises, bandwidth will become an increasingly scarce commodity, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post about revolutionary technologies that make bandwidth usage more efficient with the potential to generate Information Revolution wealth opportunities.

Could the World Cup Be Telling Us Something?

In this World Cup (circa 2010), the countries struggling on the field are the same countries struggling with their disastrous balance sheets and bloated entitlement programs, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post about taking a few pages from the playbooks of the more effective teams on the field which are from developing nations with strong economic growth and stable balance sheets.

Shanghai Is Not What You Would Expect When You Visit the World’s Largest Emerging Market

After a two-decade long double digit growth rate, the Pudong area of Shanghai, which did not even exist 20 years ago, is not what you would expect to see when you visit the world’s largest emerging market, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that while the US is struggling to keep its economy afloat and China is struggling to cool its economy down, it might be Time to Exit the Dragon.

The Beginning of a Second Space Age

Since recent federal budget proposals will cut out a new lunar program, space transportation activities will be shifting to commercial companies, suggests former rocket engineer Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to obtain some background about powerful efforts underway to commercialize satellite production, rocket launches, and space technology that could make you a Space Age Millionaire.

Become an Activist for Your Money
Over 90% of all investment portfolios are down from where they stood at the beginning of 2008, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz, and that you need outperformance to catch-up. Read this short post to learn how to be savvy with your money, like the insiders, if you want outperformance, as you are going to have to be an activist for your money and do it yourself.

The Conspiracy Against Your Money Documentary
The Conspiracy Against Your Money documentary is sending shock waves throughout the financial world.

An Update on Next Generation Batteries

There has been significant international economic growth over the past decade, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. As a result, millions of people have been transformed from being net drains on the world economy to net producers, creating increased transformational opportunities. Read this short post to understand that while these millions all over the planet have access to hand-held computing technology that is more powerful than computers used by the astronauts when they landed on the moon, batteries have not kept pace and that nanotechnologies will soon provide considerable improvements.

Significant Breakthroughs with Nanotech Lithography Drive Solar Power Generation

Right now, the vast majority of people have no idea how profound breakthrough developments are going to be in nanotech based materials technology and manufacturing processes, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post about exciting developments underway in how we make electronic devices, power our homes and collect and analyze information. These breakthroughs will be generating transformative wealth opportunities for those with vision and patience.

Charging Ahead with Next Generation Batteries

Many individuals all over the world have access to hand-held computing technologies more powerful than the Apollo astronauts had when they landed on the moon, yet portable power has not kept pace, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that breakthrough nanotechnologies are making reserve batteries more affordable and creating alternative investment opportunities in battery and energy storage devices.

Modern Bank Robbers Wear Suits and Ties
Modern day bank robbers no longer wear masks nor do they carry guns, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz and that you need to learn to be savvy with your money, like the insiders, to take back your financial future.

Breakthrough Developments in the Robotics Revolution
As we begin a new decade, we need to look beyond the current pain and act on big trends that are powering future technology transformation, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post about exciting developments underway in the field of robotics that are gaining steam and will be generating transformative wealth opportunities for those with vision and patience.

Gold, Paper, and the Monster Lurking That Will Eat Your Purchasing Power

The Global Financial Crisis is shining more light on the cancer that is destroying the purchasing power of the average person for the next several generations, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that today’s experiment with a fiat currency is America’s 4th attempt at a paper money and central banking system. The previous attempts did not end well for holders of paper money, or bills of credit, and not likely to end well for holders of today’s dollars that have decreased in purchasing power to 4 cents, over the past 70 years. Several secrets used by savvy insiders as a way to protect against further loss of purchasing power are provided.

The Cost to Operate USA Inc Is Decreasing Our Economic Freedoms

As the Federal Government occupies an increasingly larger share of the economic landscape, it is worth a quick look at the impact of all the spending and tax obligations that are being generated, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that being savvy with your money, using techniques like Bank On Yourself, help you protect yourself against further loss of your purchasing power and enable you to take control of your financial life. Several secrets, used by savvy insiders to protect themselves against further financial impact as the cost of maintaining a welfare state is decreasing the economic freedom of those forced to pay for it, are provided.

Do You Really Want Fixed Income Investing?
Fixed income investing is an excellent way to teach saving and has it’s benefits. If you are searching for a means to increase your financial position this isn’t the answer. Knowing how to invest and the options available to maximize those investments are the keys you are looking for. As in every situation, knowing how and following through with it leads to the desirable result.

The Ultimate Alternative Energy
We have no energy shortage, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to obtain some background about efforts underway in next generation nuclear power generation that could generate alternative wealth generation opportunities.

The Importance of Financial Education
The recent global economic downturn has served to highlight our deficiencies in the area of financial literacy and has shifted focus to the need for financial education.

The Conspiracy Against Your Money
The key to beating the conspiracy against your money is knowledge. Knowledge is power. And today, financial knowledge, a solid financial education, is the most powerful kind.

Is There a Conspiracy for Your Money

Is there a conspiracy for your money? Read this short article as it reveals that modern bank robbers wear suits and ties, and have fancy college degrees. As a result of issuing fiat currency, using fractional reserve banking methods, and excessive government spending, banks are being robbed from the inside. Learn to be savvy with your money, like the insiders, as it is clear that money is flowing from the uninformed, to the well informed.

Advancements in Atomically Precise Manufacturing
Nanotechnology is at the heart of a great number of breakthroughs that will power the future of our economy, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to obtain some background about efforts underway with precise manufacturing that will offer performance and prices far superior to conventional materials and these efforts will generate alternative wealth generation opportunities.

Financial Institutions Will Not Help Consumers With Credit!

This summer, after losing a significant source of supplemental income, backing out of a lease-to-purchase deal on a condo, and being in limbo regarding employment; I went into lock-down mode, and explored all possible ways to stay within my budget, protect my credit score, and prevent accumulating any new debt. This particular story is not even about the cumbersome fact that I, like many others, am completely "underwater" on my auto loan~this is about me trying to do the RIGHT thing in this Credit-Dependent Financial System we are living in, and getting nothing but sour grapes from a particular Financial Institution in Arizona.

Transitioning From an Employee Mindset to a Business Owner Mindset

"Most of my 30 years as an employee in the corporate job culture was spent helping business owners run and build their businesses. In corporate America, you work hard and do your best for your entire career. You commute, work long hours, ignore your family, acquire excess stress, work to ensure that you keep your job AND that you save for the future of your family and your retirement. All of a sudden you find yourself asking - what am I doing here? And how can I build a better life financially for myself and my family?"

A Giant Leap for New Access to Space
New access to space may be just around the corner, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal that free market entrepreneurship will soon launch private space taxis that will lower the cost to get to orbit and provide alternative wealth creating opportunities.

Do We Innovate or Litigate to Prosperity and Wealth
Why is Asia becoming more and more the source of the world’s innovation, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post that provides insight about too many large multinationals of the West that stopped adding value a long time ago, slowing down prosperity and wealth as they have teams of lawyers to sue anyone that even thinks about innovating on their original idea.

Finely Unemployed, The True Mark Of Success for an Entrpreneur
Unemployed is the true mark of success for an Entrepreneur. When working for some one else is no longer the only option and the freedom of time and money is the new way, yes being unemployed is a good thing. Becoming an Entrepreneur is a big step and it starts with a decision not to follow the norm . To take charge of ones life and be solely responsible for the out come.

Top 10 Reasons Why Financial Disasters Are Inevitable
Proper money management and at least basic financial education is one of the biggest assets you can possess. It's not so expensive or unattainable as most people imagine.

Wealth Creating System Step 5 - Finding Your Vision
Welcome to the 5th step of my Wealth Creating System (please read step 1, 2, 3 and 4 first) as today I want to explore finding your vision. Discovering precisely why you want to be rich is a vital step on your route to creating wealth – it will supercharge your efforts for success.

Keys To Wealth And Success- How to Handle Financial Pressure

Dealing with financial pressure can have serious consequences on your life. It is the number one cause of divorce and the stress that comes along with it is extremely damaging to your health. Why is it then that we put ourselves under this pressure and spend more money each month than we make? Take this simple financial plan and apply it to your life today and watch the weight of the world be lifted.

The "Conspiracy Against Your Money" Review

The "Conspiracy Against Your Money" is about how to take control of your financial education and wealth management in the middle of the worldwide economic crisis we find ourselves in. All around us right now; innocent people are losing their homes and their jobs at record rates, government and household debt is exploding, our middle class is shrinking and is in great danger of vanishing all together!

Preparing for the Pinch in 2011
Great Britain was once of the lowest VAT charging countries in Europe, but thanks to the emergency Budget it will soon rise to 20%. But what exactly is VAT, what is it charged on and how does it compare to other countries?

What Is Financial Literacy And Why Is It So Important?
The definition of financial literacy is "having the knowledge, skills and abilities to undertake responsible economic and financial decisions and actions with a requisite level of competence." The recent global economic downturn has served to highlight our deficiencies in this area and has shifted focus to the need for financial education.

Wealth Creating System Step 3 – The Meaning of Money
Welcome to the 3rd step in my Wealth Creating System and today I want to share with you the meaning of money (please make sure you have read step 1 first). Money is one of the most emotional subjects on the planet. In fact, many people feel more comfortable sharing the intimate details of their sex lives with friends than sharing the intimate details of their finances.

Wealth Creating System Step 1 – How to Think and Grow Rich
Whatever your current financial situation is, no matter what obstacles you might be facing and whatever challenges you have had to deal with in the past, you can change your life and financial future beginning today.

Wealth Creating System Step 4 - Financial Awareness

Welcome to the 4th step in my Wealth Creating System and today I want to talk about financial awareness (please read step 1, 2 and 3 first) Most systems of budgeting are based on punishment and reward and the principles of dieting are similar. If you are “good” – i.e., you deny yourself food and / or shopping for a set time – you get a treat. If you are “bad” you don’t get the treat, plus you’re supposed to feel bad about what you’ve done. But here’s the problem: Diets Don’t Work!

Is Inflation Coming? Is Inflation Coming?
Is inflation coming, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that if Paul Revere were around, most likely he would get on his horse and start yelling, “Inflation is coming! Inflation is coming!”

Hitch a Ride to Profits with an Electric Car
There are very exciting developments in electric cars that could put battery-powered vehicles in driveways of Americans in the very near future, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal everything that you need to know to find gains in the electric car vehicle market right now.

What Happens When Money Dies
What happens when money dies, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal the history of the German mark in the 1920s as a result of the devastating effects of inflation and provide a cautionary tale for US central bankers and politicians who play fast and loose with the US Dollar.

Is It Time to Rebuild America's Middle Class

While the Ford Motor Company is certainly associated with Detroit, Ford also cranked out cars in Pittsburgh, PA, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will explain how Pittsburgh’s Ford plant illustrates that America’s complex manufacturing backbone was created over many decades yet was wiped out in 10 years. In order to rebuild its middle class, America must make a conscious and collective national decision to be friendlier to capital investment in order to create opportunities associated with energy, mining, manufacturing, distributing, and selling goods and services.

Is your 401(k) the best place for you to save for retirement?
There have been a lot of news reports recently about 401(k) plans becoming more transparent. This is excellent news, but it may not be the only answer that people need.

Article #6 Exhausted After Work With No Time For Family or Yourself?
Is it the governments’ fault that you have to work so hard? Is it because the economy failed you, that you have no money for the basic necessities of life? Or is it the financial education we never got in school, that puts the country in so much debt and we the people have to pay?

7 Secrets of the Wealthy
Veteran Financial Planner shares his experiences financial planning for both the wealthy and the less wealthy. These are the keys to wealth building!

What If There Is No Gold at Fort Knox?
Gold is real money and will become more valuable, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal that American dollars in circulation are just a bunch of IOUs with a value that was determined by the gold reserves sitting in Fort Knox but what if Fort Know has no gold?

Biotech and Nanotech Converge with Semiconductors
Nanotech researchers are studying biological structures looking for ways to integrate nature’s processes into the next generation of computing devices, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal that DNA is being used in electronics manufacturing to create bio-sensing devices that can be implanted in the body and interact directly with the nervous system.

Big Profits from Thinking Small with Biotech and Nanotech

The entire technology landscape holds enormous promise and fantastic investment opportunities are being created, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as our ability to manipulate matter at the most basic level is already changing the way we do nearly everything. There are new breakthroughs in medicine, energy, and electronics because of thinking small and the nanotechnology revolution.

OMG, My Bank Account Is Frozen, What Do I Do?
During the recent turmoil in Egypt and in Japan, we are reminded that in our modern society, there is a deep dependency on our gov’t, various grids, and infrastructure systems, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that we all need to create an environment of sustainability to withstand natural, and man-made, shocks to the system?

How to Profit from Smart Power
The current power grid is a dinosaur tracing its roots back to early grid projects in the late 1880s, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it provides an overview of the entire technology landscape that is enabling the smart power grid and is a game changer for renewable energy.

A Bank that Will Live in Infamy
Have you noticed the choppiness in the markets, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal, what many experts will not say, which is that this type of volatility is what you get when the marketplace is full of an over-supply of money provided by the Federal Reserve.

How to Profit from the Wireless Data Boom

Even though the economy is sluggish, there are sectors that boom by benefiting from breakthrough technology that generates consumer demand, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it describes that creation of transformational technologies on mobile platforms and the resulting growth of wireless data networks provides an example of a sector poised to boom and generate profits.

How to Survive the Impact of Bankrupt Nations
Debt is slavery and influences life’s major decisions, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that debt is affecting not only individuals and families but entire nations and it has the power to make entire nations subservient the whims of their creditors.

From the Earth to the Moon and Beyond
Due in part to the ballooning U.S. deficit, America’s replacement for the shuttle program, Constellation, has been cancelled, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as this is great news for commercial space enterprises and their investors, especially members of The Gun Club.

This Has Never Been In a Bubble and Never Will Be
Most of the serious gold investors follow a basic principle which is that gold is stable in value, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal that changes in the gold price represent changes in the currency being compared to gold while gold itself is essentially inert.

Is There Financial Literacy in Your Workplace? - by Rich Virgilio, SPHR
Some companies will spend plenty of time discussing financial management with their employees. Other companies may spend minimal time or even no time at all. See how your company stacks up against the rest.

Surf the Mobile Wave to Big Profits
The personal computing boom is not over, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as the power of the Internet is moving into our pockets and purses creating a wave to surf along with big profits.

What You Must Do in This Age of Preparedness
The private-sector job-creating economy is dead and not coming back, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal what you must do to be prepared as the potential for social chaos is as great as any time since the Civil War.

Old Mutual (OM) Supports Expansion of Women’s Development Bank (WDB) Microfinance into KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa with USD 710,000
Old Mutual (OM), the largest financial services provider in South Africa, recently released a press release announcing a donation of ZAR 5 million (USD 710,000) to the Women’s Development Bank (WDB) Microfinance, a South African non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides micro-loans and training for poor, rural women.

Learn How to Profit from This Revolution
A few years ago, the United States transitioned from being ready to import natural gas to becoming the world’s biggest natural gas producer, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as the availability of natural gas to power the U.S. economy is revolutionary and is the place to be for good investments for now and the years ahead.

How to Profit in the Years of Living Dangerously
Looking ahead, oil supply is a problem however the world has other critical resource-based problems, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal how to profit in a future of multiple problems, crises, and conflicts trigger by shrinking access to water, food, and many other kinds of minerals.

Quantum Leaps in Engine Design Boost Fuel Efficiency

All of the easy improvements have been wrung out of conventional engine designs so only marginal improvements are available, reports Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals that with advanced technology, the radical designs underway for internal-combustion engines have the potential to enable quantum leaps in automotive power so combustion engines will be with us for decades to come and provide very profitable investment opportunities.

Gold, the Euro, and Sins of the Fuhrer
With or without hyperinflation, today’s welfare-state obligations, just like 1919’s war reparations, are simply too big to be paid, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand why the Euro was to neuter the sins of the past.

Introduction - Microfinance:A Platform for Social Change
The phrase “Customer is King” may be an oversimplified cliché in business, but – stripped of all its bells and whistles – this phrase represents the essence of a consumer business.

The Power of Compound Interest in a Globalized Economy

Smart investors have always looked to international markets for specific opportunities related to diversification, globalization, and efficiencies resulting from deployment of information technology to lower cost labor markets around the globe, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals the power of compound growth in a globalized economy and that investing in emerging international markets is far more compelling now than in the past.

What Is Real Capitalism?
When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, we saw how state-managed capitalism works, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal how most real wealth created since the Industrial Revolution has come from the creative destruction of real capitalism.

The Citi Foundation Citigroups GrantMaking Arm Pledges USD 100000 to PlanetFinances Microfinance Training Programme in Middle East and North Africa

The Citi Foundation, the grant-making foundation of international financial services firm Citigroup, has pledged a USD 100,000 grant to PlaNet Finance, the French non-profit company that assists microfinance institutions (MFIs), towards the development of a microfinance training curriculum in Arabic. This will be aimed at MFIs in seven Arab countries and delivered through 50 course modules designed to provide them with skills in human resources, planning and strategy, products, accounting, supervision and finance. There will be five-day training sessions in Casablanca, Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Ramallah, Damascus and Sana’a over the next three years.

Banking on Your Phone
America has lagged behind much of the world in terms of digital wallets, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals that with the emergence of the app economy, profit opportunities are surfacing as the financial world is being transformed and we are moving to brand-new forms of banking.

What Happens When the Dow/Gold Ratio is 1:1?
What happens when the Dow Gold ratio is 1 to 1, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post is it will reveal how the Dow Gold ratio works to indicate we have reached a peak in the Gold bull or a bottom in the stock market bear.

Revolt of the Entrepreneurial Culture
The Old Economy is dead, a New Economy is emerging and it is dismantling the old rules of commerce and the workforce, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal that even though the entrepreneur is the engine of the economy, the entrepreneur is also the antithesis to politicians and bureaucrats that are trying to create the entitlement society.

The Mobile Marvel in China
Even with sluggish global growth and a double-dip recession forming at home, expanding mobile trends will continue, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals a marvelous company positioned for growth in the world of mobile markets.

How to Profit as Your Mobile Phone Becomes Your Digital Wallet
Smartphones aren’t dumb like the legacy banking and payments methods in the U.S., suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals that Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is set to revolutionize the way we pay with mobile phones as digital wallets.

Prepare Now to Escape the Retirement Trap
The U.S. Gov’t is in a desperate search for more revenue and a solution to finance the national debt obligations, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it will reveal the plan to confiscate the retirement assets of successful Americans and what you should do to protect yourself from the greatest wealth transfer in the history of the world.

How to Invest Like a VC
There are several attractions to the Venture Capital business, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post as it reveals a way to invest like a VC and benefit from disruptive technologies that can deliver huge transformational gains.

How to Survive the Federal Reserve’s Goal to Devalue the Dollar by 33%
Are you ready to hand the Feds another 1/3 of your savings, asks Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz? Read this short post as it will reveal how the Federal Reserve’s explicit goal to devalue the US Dollar by 33% will lead to a 50% increase in the price level of items we purchase.

How to Explode your Business Financial Opportunity
I cannot stress this enough but education is very important in your business financial opportunity. With proper training and ongoing education it is essential to take your business financial opportunity to the next level and exceed your own expectations.

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