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The Latin phrase that serves as the title of this post means simply “toward the building of character.”

Character isn’t something that’s often discussed on personal finance sites in a direct fashion, but character certainly is a key component in financial and professional success.

What exactly do I mean by character? When I say “character,” I’m generally referring to a person’s durable moral qualities. In other words, a person with high character would be a person I would expect to act in a way that I could positively rely upon if needed.

How does this help with personal finance, you might ask. A person with c

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A few weeks ago, I noticed that my Gateway Netbook was running slower and slower, sometimes getting bogged down so badly that I couldn’t use it. Being the cheapskate I am, I searched for some free online software to speed up (and clean up my system) and downloaded a program that a friend recommended. It did … okay, I guess. It found a few registry errors and DID speed up my system a little bit for a little while, but not for long.

To make matters worse, I was constantly having to repair my wireless connection and on many occasions, gave up writing a blog post because my little machine just wouldn’t work. Thank

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One step forward, one step back. That’s the story of the American consumer as the U.S. economy digs itself out of its most recent recession.

Economic analysts who feared that an improving economy and aggressive monetary policy would likely lead to inflation may be proven right. With costs of commodities such as oil and wheat jumping in recent months, many consumer-goods suppliers, food-service companies and other entities are saying price hikes will be necessary to offset the increased costs of raw materials.

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I’m never going to play in the NBA.

That’s an unrealistic goal for me, and I knew it to be an unrealistic goal when I was ten years old on the playground. I wasn’t fast enough and didn’t have the natural reflexes of the other ten year olds on the court.

It was a painful thing for me to realize. I loved playing basketball. I still do. For me, basketball is a beautiful game.

The realization that I wasn’t NBA material didn’t mean I couldn’t be an effective basketball player. I had other skills that I could certainly utilize at the playground level. I was very solid and could plant my feet well, which meant that I could be a good defender, especially under the basket. I was willing

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All investors should have a system they use to approach investing. The ultimate goal of this system is to help the investor effectively make consistent investing decisions without being tossed to and fro by market conditions.

People who suffer the greatest investing losses are those who are constantly getting in and out of ‘hot’ stocks and those who buy and sell according to the dips and spikes of the market. Not only is this approach less-than-profitable, it is also stressful and time consuming.

An alternative option is to accept a systematic approach to investing. One

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