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Inflation is one of the reasons why do you need to invest your money. In economics, we have known inflation as the general increase in prices of commodities. The higher the inflation, the lesser the value of our money. Inflation degrades the value of our money. Your money last year cannot buy the same amount of goods now. WHAT CAUSES INFLATION TO INCREASE? Increase in oil prices. Oil is a very important commodity in the world because it is one of the raw materials of every company used to

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Debt has always been considered as a liability. Yes, in most cases, debt is a liability because it is money owed to someone else. One classic example of a liability is a credit card debt. When you use a credit card, you’re taking a loan from the bank or company that issued the card. With that loan come interest payments. You generally do not pay interest for the first credit card cycle (usually a month), but any amount not completely paid off after that first cycle is subject to interest.

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In order for you to know where you want to go, you must first know where you are currently. To reach your financial goal, the first thing you must do is figure out where you are. For if you don’t know where you are, you can’t expect to get where you want to go. Knowing where you are means taking an honest inventory of your financial situation—filling out a financial statement—and taking a good hard look at the results. This may sound difficult, and maybe even a bit scary, but it’s a

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Opportunity cost analysis is one of the main foundations used in making financial decisions. In strict accounting terms, opportunity cost is not really a cost or an expense. However, it maybe relevant in making decisions with financial repercussions. Wikipedia says that opportunity cost has been described as expressing the basic relationship between scarcity and choice. When you are torn between making decisions with mutually exclusive results, then one benefit should be sacrificed and

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Well, aside from the obvious reason that you need it, whether for capital or other expenses; borrowing money can help you to manage your finances if you know how to leverage debt. That is to know the difference between good debt vs. bad debt. In this article, I will expound more on the idea of debt leveraging by using other people’s money instead of yours. Good debt makes the rich gets richer. There are very few entrepreneurs who did not borrow money to grow their business. If you can

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