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Learn the best performing ETF's for 2017 that are U.S. Diversified Stock and Sectors. The article is posted on my website at http://lindapjones.com. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn 10 Financial Moves to Make in 2018. Here are some suggestions to improve your finances in 2018: 1. Review & rebalance portfolio - Make sure you are diversified 2. Consider strategic investments in high growth areas What can you buy low? Commodities? Uranium? Miners? 3. Reduce debt Refi or pay off 4. Save and invest more - Savings accounts have low interest rates, investment accounts offer potential of higher compounding, but have more risk. 5. Think over large purchases Do you really need a new car? Do you need to move? Could you invest instead? 6. Time, Money, Compounding Rate are the 3 things that effect your wealth. Time = years to retirement Money = amount to invest Compounding rate = % you compound money 7. Consider how big picture changed and how it will affect you New tax law, lower taxes? Interest rates rising Cycles are changing 8. Things that didn't change Your work? Income? Mortgage? Your goals? Your retirement age? 9. Start a side hustle for extra income? - Never easier to start a business 10. Make time to learn about investing. To get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth", go to www.lindapjones.com.

Learn last minute steps you can take to save money on your taxes in 2017. This is adapted from an article in Investor's Business Daily. It takes into account the new Tax Reform act. This may help you stay in a lower tax bracket and save you some tax dollars. Please subscribe to the podcast! Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth " to get to financial freedom faster at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn why gratitude is important for a wealth mindset and how to shift from fear and negativity to gratitude. What a perfect day to talk about gratitude and the importance of having gratitude to create a wealth mindset. Do the exercise mentioned to shift from doubt, fear, and negativity to gratitude. By the way...I'm grateful for you!

Learn the top 10 Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) dividend paying stocks with steady and growing dividends. Investor's Business Daily has a list of dividend leaders with steady and growing dividends as well as steady profit growth. Stocks must also meet price, volume and other technical and fundamental requirements. This is part 3 of 3 parts. The chart is posted on my website at www.lindapjones.com. Please subscribe to the podcast! Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn the top 10 utility dividend paying utility stocks with steady and growing dividends. Investor's Business Daily has a list of dividend leaders with steady and growing dividends as well as steady profit growth. Stocks must also meet price, volume and other technical and fundamental requirements. This is part 2 of 3 parts. The chart is posted on my website at www.lindapjones.com. Please subscribe to the podcast! Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn the top 10 dividend paying stocks with steady and growing dividends. Investor's Business Daily has a list of dividend leaders with steady and growing dividends as well as steady profit growth. Stocks must also meet price, volume and other technical and fundamental requirements. This is part 1 of 3 parts. The chart is posted on my website at www.lindapjones.com. Please subscribe to the podcast! Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn how to dip your toe into investing in spite of fear. Listener Q: Linda, Thanks for the financial information that you are providing to your listeners. I would like to invest on my own (currently managed by a bank) but am too worried that I may fail and never bounce back. What can you recommend I should do? Tum Sounds like you are in fear. Fear of failure, fear of loss, fear of making a mistake. "Never bounce back." What do you mean by that? Maybe you lack of knowledge. Talk to your FA. Learn about what you already have. Decide what you want to learn about. Listen to podcast #293 regarding where to invest $300 to $500 dollars. Open an account. Dollar cost average into an ETF. Research and learn how to buy stocks. Books, magazines, newspapers. Start slowly. Take advantage of dips. Realize we are overdue for a 20% correction that happens every rolling 10-year period. Invest for the long-term. More success with buy and hold over long-term. Realize you will make mistakes. I did. You can recover and learn to be successful. You look young, so good for you for learning at a young age. Podcast 293 is here: http://www.lindapjones.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=13000&action=edit Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn why a Bitcoin millionaire does not think now is a good time to buy Bitcoin. With Bitcoin going crazy and everyone buying it, is now a good time? Is it the best cryptocurrency to buy? Could it be a bubble? Here is the link to the article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/11/bitcoin-millionaire-grant-sabatier-dont-buy-bitcoin.html There is also a chart of all bubbles of assets in history that I will post on my website at http://www.lindapjones.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=13296&action=edit Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn 6 reasons why millionaires chose their financial advisors and 6 reasons they would change them. Millionaires may do things that you don't expect. You might think fees or investment performance is most important. Millionaires don't. In this article from Investor's Business Daily, we explore reasons why millionaires chose and would change their financial advisors. It helps to start thinking like a millionaire if you want to become one. In our ongoing discussions about wealthy mindset, this falls into the category of how to think like a millionaire. Bar charts of the research by Spectrem Group is posted on my website at www.lindapjones.com. Get "11 Quick Financial Tips to Boost Your Wealth" at http://lindapjones.com.