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Japanese Toilets are a marvel of technology combined with practical application. Morinosuke Kawaguchi is a Technologist and Futurist who recently gave a talk at TEDxTokyo talking about the modern Japanese Toilets and how the cultural sensitivity has impacted its design and continues to influence its evolution. Mr Kawaguchi’s recent book Otakude onnanoko na kuni no [...]

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Investing for dividend income is a smart way to invest in the market and participate in the profits of successful businesses. Sure, the income from dividends might not be as tax efficient as long term capital gains, but there are many other benefits. Depending on your goals and your situation in life, a well constructed [...]

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DRIP Investing for Kids

Money

If you have young kids or grand kids you have probably thought about ways of teaching them early about money. Teaching them how to invest is an integral piece of the money puzzle. Early exposure to investing teaches them about how business works, the difference between an asset and an expense, financial responsibility and the [...]

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A Year of Growing Vegetables Organically

Lifestyle

As you may recall last year we cleared out some space in our back lawn to create a backyard garden where we can grow organic vegetables as well as plant some flowering plants to create a small butterfly garden. Since we have two little kids, it just seemed right to use as much of our [...]

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Is Investing Internationally A Good Inflation Hedge?

Money

Simple answer is No.
But maybe not for the reason you think.
Inflation can be neutral to stocks and other real assets
Inflation means rising costs and prices. It also means rising asset values. It means that the currency has lost its buying power and it now takes more of it to buy the same amount of benefit. [...]

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Where to Invest Now

Money

The US and the Global economy is slowly coming off one of the worst recessions in the memory. There are still multiple risks on the horizon, including high inflation, rising interest rates, declining dollar and the real possibility that Greece and some other nations might default on their sovereign debt. If you are like many [...]

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Investing Money in the Stock Market – What You Need to Know

Money

The stock market can be tricky. It is very easy to lose a great deal of your money in the stocks if you are not careful. And yet, we see examples of successful investors everyday who have consistently done well investing money in the markets.
What is it they know that you may not?
We asked [...]

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Commission Free ETFs May Not be Such a Great Deal

Money

Shortly after Schwab started offering transaction fee free trading in it’s proprietary line of Exchange Traded Funds, Fidelity has now rolled out free trading in iShares ETFs to its retail and advisor accounts. For an ETF investor, these appear to be a great news and no doubt in the coming months more brokerages will likely [...]

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13 Classic Personal Finance Articles to Read for the New Year

Money

As we countdown to the new year we should take some time now to reflect on our personal finances. We have collected some of the best articles from across the blogs that will inspire, help you plan and maybe just reaffirm some of the good personal finance management practices.

Being Responsible with Money
10 Money Mistakes to [...]

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Disciplined Investing: Value Averaging versus Dollar Cost Averaging

Money

Investing in stock markets (stocks or mutual funds) require a great deal of discipline. If you invested based on emotions or a hot stock tip, you will very likely end up buying when the stock price is high and selling when the stock price is low, precisely what you want to avoid.
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) [...]

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