Investments - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:18:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 Is it better to rent or buy a home? https://thewebgangsta.com/2020/06/is-it-better-to-rent-or-buy-a-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-better-to-rent-or-buy-a-home Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://thewebgangsta.com/?p=8374 Should you RENT OR BUY a home? That’s the question on everyone’s mind these days. And the question isn’t always an easy one to answer – all sorts of variables come into play that make that decision different for each homebuyer. But sometimes it comes down to the answer to this one question: WILL YOU […]

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]]> What’s the average 401(k) balance? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/09/whats-the-average-401k-balance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-average-401k-balance Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:00:19 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7968 It goes without saying:  if you’re not investing in your 401(k) retirement plan at work, you should be. Everyone knows that if you start saving a little bit of money every paycheck from the time you start your career in your early 20’s, all that compound earnings and interest will lead to millions of dollars […]

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]]> How Many People Do Not Take Advantage of Employer 401K Matching Contributions? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/08/how-many-people-do-not-take-advantage-of-employer-401k-matching-contributions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-people-do-not-take-advantage-of-employer-401k-matching-contributions Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:00:35 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7970 What’s the first thing you looked forward to after landing your first job? Getting that first paycheck, right? And what’s the first thing your parents likely told you to do with that paycheck?  Put it into the bank.  Save that money for a rainy day.  You’ll get married some day, or perhaps you’ll want to […]

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]]> What would you do for a dollar? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/07/what-would-you-do-for-a-dollar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-would-you-do-for-a-dollar Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:00:17 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7871 What would you do for a dollar? It’s a fair question.  Web Watch has offered $1 to many friends when they said they’d do “anything for money”.  Apparently, it seems, a single dollar was not what they had in mind when they made the offer. We say that if you’re going to offer to do […]

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]]> Here’s why you will never make money with Bitcoin https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/12/heres-why-you-will-never-make-money-with-bitcoin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-why-you-will-never-make-money-with-bitcoin Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:00:48 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7149 There’s been a lot of press lately about the awesomeness of Bitcoin. How Bitcoin is going to revolutionize the money system, and how this one currency is void of any possibility for corruption. Yeah, right. Bitcoin Exposed: Today’s Complete Guide to Tomorrow’s Currency First, let’s circle back to what money really is — a visual […]

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]]> Were Beanie Babies a Good Investment? https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/07/were-beanie-babies-a-good-investment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-beanie-babies-a-good-investment Sat, 20 Jul 2013 23:00:21 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6553 When was the last time you went through the bins in your storage closet? Web Watch is betting that you’ve probably squirreled away some things that you thought you’d keep for future kids or grandkids, or maybe you thought that “this may be worth something some day”. Or maybe you just wanted to have more […]

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]]> How much money did Winthorpe and Valentine make with orange juice futures in Trading Places? https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/05/how-much-money-did-winthorpe-and-valentine-make-with-orange-juice-futures-in-trading-places/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-much-money-did-winthorpe-and-valentine-make-with-orange-juice-futures-in-trading-places Mon, 27 May 2013 23:00:11 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6324 One of the greatest comedy movies of the 1980’s was Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in John Landis’ classic TRADING PLACES. For those of you too young to remember (or too old to recall, take your pick), the film was a twist on either My Fair Lady or The Prince and The Pauper (also, take […]

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]]> It only takes $47,500 to be in the Top 1% https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/04/it-only-takes-47500-to-be-in-the-top-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-only-takes-47500-to-be-in-the-top-1 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:00:23 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6140 Everyone loves a little bit of competition. Keeping up with the Jones, for example, can drive one to excess consumption at the expense of your credit card payments. But maybe you’re putting too much pressure on yourself.  Maybe, you’re a lot more rich than you think you are. Richie Rich That’s the premise behind the […]

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