If you are having problems repaying your student loans, there is an option where your student loans can be wiped off by doing certain services or agreeing to certain conditions offered by either the government or non-profit agencies. Student loan forgiveness by the government has options to either cancel the whole loan or only a [...]
Archive for January, 2009
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“An Indonesian Leads America”
January 20th, 2009 
Elisheva Wiriaatmadja I deliberately chose this title to make it sound like the headline in one of the biggest German magazine in 1998, which covered the election of Indonesia’s 1st President, BJ Habibie, after the Soeharto 32 year tyranny. BJ Habibie had studied aerospace engineering from 1955-1965 in Germany and during the last period of Soeharto’s reign, [...]
A Laugh Over Debt
January 20th, 2009 Mike Dammann I’ve read many quotes about debt and money most of which are funny. Some of them though is quite inspirational. I thought I’d share them here with my readers:
Improving Financial Literacy: the Cashflow 101 Game
January 19th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja In my previous posts, I was sharing with you a very useful game to sharpen your financial literacy. If you are still in a rat race and are desperately trying to tap into the fast track where all the real wealthy people are, this game is for you. Here is a video that I found [...]
The Basics of Financial Literacy
January 18th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja The ability to understand finance enough to make appropriate decisions regarding your personal finance is called financial literacy. Many people are financial illiterate and are unaware that they are. Here is a video to show you the basics of financial literacy. Controlling Your Finances: Financial Literacy Basics
Sharpening Your Financial Literacy
January 18th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja It is amazing to see how so many people have no clue about money management that no matter how much money they make, they still retire broke. This of course can change if only they know how to improve their own financial literacy. Financial literacy is the ability to understand finance sufficiently to be able [...]
How To Beat The Odds And Retire Early In This Recession
January 18th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja When most people have so much trouble saving for retirement when times are good, how is it possible to do so in our shrinking economy, where unemployment rates are increasing and even investments are not giving us any security? Unless you can create some passive income streams while still keeping your day job, you may [...]
$25 Billion For A Loaf of Bread
January 16th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If your financial burden stresses you out… if you are currently focused only on what you don’t have and find it hard to be grateful for the things that you do, here is some news that I just learned about this morning which I hope will help you feel grateful for your life. After launching [...]
Buying A Home in This Financial Crisis
January 14th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja Now is really a scary time to be thinking about buying a home and borrowing money. But with real estate prices this low, maybe it is a good time to do so. If you are nervous about the mortgage crisis and borrowing money to buy a house, here is a video to show you what [...]
Retirement Plans: Roth or Regular?
January 14th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja When it comes to retirement plans, which is better, Roth or Regular?
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