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5 Self-Employment Ideas For The Restless Retiree
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 11:32am | 633Retirement is a great accomplishment, a signal of professional and financial triumph. For most people, it’s the endgame—a well-deserved reward after many years spent in the workforce. But for some, retirement can be a difficult adjustment. It can be hard to keep busy, especially after...
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Why 25 Million Americans Didn't Make The Leap To Self-Employment
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 10:52am | 610According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report in 2016, the last year in which the agency collected data, there are over 15 million self-employed professionals in the U.S—about 10 percent of the total working population. This number may seem large, but is far behind some estimates. In...
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The Adventure Of Starting A Small Business: 4 Tips From Someone Who Has Lived It
Monday, December 30, 2019 - 8:34am | 932Judy Castleberry is the director of the San Juan College Enterprise Center, and she has a wealth of experience in self-employment and small business. In the blog below, she describes the opportunities and challenges that come with working for yourself; and she offers some practical tips to help you...
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This Day In Market History: Self-Employment Laws Go Into Effect
Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 6:00am | 312Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened On this day in 1962, The Self-Employed Individual Retirement Act became federal law. The law permits certain self-employed individuals to be treated as employees for the purpose of...
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Self-Employment And Retirement: It's Not An Inevitable Dead End
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 3:27pm | 678Self-employment has many benefits. At best, you get to be your own boss — regulating the hours you work, the amount you work and setting your own pay scale. On the downside, however, self-employees must pay quarterly estimated taxes — as they are both the employer and the employee,...
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4 Habits Of A Successful At-Home Trader
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 8:23am | 512Admit it, the thought of making a living by punching in a couple of buy or sell orders each day from your couch has you excited. However, most aspiring home traders fail because they simply do not take the work seriously enough. Most traders certainly have the correct intentions and enthusiasm...