Archive for March 1st, 2009

Why retraining should be top of your New Year’s resolutions

Along with losing weight, joining a gym and giving up smoking, finding a better job or retraining for a new career are the commonest New Year resolutions that people make. Unlike the gym membership promise, retraining and developing your career skills are resolutions that you can keep and could make a big difference in your [...]

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Small Business Owners Should Practice “Tough Love”

Whether it’s recession time or boom time, small business owners should look at the way they operate in order to maximize their revenues. Many small businesses are run a little loosely, because many owners believe they lack the overhead and the staff to require a lot of strict policies and procedures. That’s a mistake, according [...]

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Why Invest in Commodities?

Most of us are quite comfortable with investing in cash deposits, government bonds, and stocks for conservative risk-averse investors. We hear these products discussed widely in the financial media. But rarely do we hear commodities discussed as an investment alternative. After all, what do commodities have to offer that stocks haven’t already provided? Here are [...]

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