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By Joshua Kennon, About.com Guide to Beginner's Investing since 2001

4 Ways to Come Up with Cash

Wednesday December 10, 2008
Centuries of research and real life experience have proven that business ownership, including investments in common stocks, beat every other asset class on an inflation-adjusted basis. Yet, you cannot begin to invest unless you have cash left over at the end of every month. Depending on your vocation and financial condition that can be a tall order. There are some ways you can increase your cash available for investment and today, we'll outline four of them in 4 Ways to Come Up with Cash. Most of them will take a few months before you start seeing the benefits, but in the long run, it can be worth it.
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December 17, 2008 at 9:59 am
(1) Liz Austin says:

This is a great article. It has inspired me to find a charge card that earns us some interest. Even though we pay off our credit card monthly, we earn miles for flights with that card, and rarely are able to use the tickets. Cash is better! I forwarded this to my nephew and his wife. They are in their 20s, and if they can begin investing now, they will have a bigger nest egg for retirement.

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