Posts Tagged“money”

How to Make Your Money Work for You

Regardless of what your job is, you will have to work very hard for your money. And, just like everybody else, you would like to keep as much of that money for yourself so you have something to fall back on if you need to. There isn’t really a consensus on how to best achieve that, and how to build wealth in the long term, but it is safe to accept that investing has to be an integral part of it. Saving money is vital if you want to build a nest egg, but you want to make sure that…

What Skills Do Financial Advisors Need

  If you have a love of numbers and finance then a choosing a career path like Patrick Dwyer financial advisor could be a great step for you and give you a job that is thoroughly rewarding in a professional, personal and financial sense. There is much to learn about this side of finance and you must be prepared to work hard on perfecting your knowledge of finance in order to do such a job. Aside from having the technical knowledge to become a financial advisor and of course having the passion for finance, there are number of core skills…

How You Family Can Benefit From a Financial Professional

As many families around the country are doing right now, my family and I have been working hard for the past year to get our finances in order and try to become more financially comfortable. As many of you will know, this is not something which is always easy to achieve and it can take a lot of hard work and struggle to make all of the ends meet. I had a chance meeting with an old school friend Andrew Corbman in May of last year, Andrew is now working financial services and he spoke to me about the benefits…

Accounting Jobs are On the Rise – Could This Be the Best Time to Break into The Field?

When it comes to job trends, it always comes down to being in the right place at the right time, and if you’re looking for a field that is experiencing growth not just in the jobs available but also in the salary, then the field of accounting is well worth investigating. Last year alone, the industry saw an average increase of 3.7% in the salary, and that positive outlook has continued right into 2017. While tools like Quickbooks can make things easier for most people, high level accounting still should have oversight from an experienced accountant. If you had been…

What is Debt Settlement, and when is it Useful?

Millions of Americans live life under the shadow of their debt. Living life paycheck to paycheck and handing over huge chunks of your salary to creditors each month is a sad reality for many, and often it can feel like there’s no way out. If you’ve got more debt than you can realistically pay off, one of your options is to enter debt settlement negotiations. Settling a debt basically means that you persuade a creditor to accept a final payment from you (the consumer), which is less than the amount you owe. This, however, is easier said than done. It…