Hope to Prosper

Simple Practices that Lead to Wealth

Investing for Lasting Prosperity

Investing /

Most rational people realize they need to save and invest part of their income, but very few do it on a regular basis. People who fail to save will always live paycheck to paycheck.

Cyprus Banks Seize Customer Deposits

Regulation /

A financial catastrophe happened in the world today and most people hardly noticed. As part of a European bailout agreement, the country of Cyprus froze depositor’s bank accounts and will seize part of their assets.

The High Cost of Having Children

Finances /

The birth rate in the United States is now the lowest since the 1920s, when they began keeping this statistic. Experts are worried about the dire consequences of negative population growth, which is already occuring in parts of Europe and Asia.

Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be

Debt /

This morning, I got a 7:00 AM wake-up call from one of my wife’s distant relatives. He wanted to borrow $2,000 and he sounded pretty desperate.