Recent Blog Articles
First Responder Wall Street Lessons
One of the most important ideas to keep in mind as a first responder hoping for a comfortable retirement, is that you should maintain direct control over your investments. It might be hard to do this if you're obsessed with investing in the stock market because those brokerage firms are experts at inserting … [Read More...]
Real Estate Investing for Emergency Medical Services Workers
Those who work in the emergency medical services field are busy. Maybe even busier than the average Joe Schmoe on a regular day. We get that. It's hard to find time to study your investments, so you end up handing them over to a financial adviser, probably one who steers you into stocks or mutual funds. … [Read More...]
New Financial Podcast for First Responders
Jason Hartman has made a habit of creating useful podcasts. First there was The Creating Wealth Show, which has become an international hit. Next came Holistic Survival, the solid successor. Now Jason is hard at work tracking down guests and hitting the recording studio to bring you The Heroic Investing … [Read More...]
The Most Important Part of Your Firefighter Career
If you've set your sights on a firefighter career, the last thing on your mind is likely to be retirement. You have some sort of vague idea in mind that, of course, there will be a retirement and, since you're putting your life on the line daily for the benefit of others, it should be a comfortable pension … [Read More...]
The Ground Zero Mosque – Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Perhaps no event causes an upwelling of emotion (hate, pride, sadness, outrage) in first responders like the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. We're talking about the one when the buildings came down. Where firemen rushed in while workers were heading out. Now comes news that a … [Read More...]
