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The Top Seven Reads For The Week Ending April 26, 2013


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The Top Seven Reads For The Week Ending April 26, 2013
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Read “Contagious” and Learn How to Take Your Ideas Viral
By: Ivan Taylor (Small Business Trends)

This is a book you’ll want to spend some time with and perhaps use it as a checklist.  Another element that I like about the book is how useful it can be in starting discussions with your team about how to give your ideas and campaigns the highest chance of success.



Your Online Marketing Efforts: SEO Counts, but Quality Reigns Supreme
By: Dena Kouremetis (Forbes)

It all gets so confusing.  Back in 1998, when I began providing content for web sites, no one talked about Search Engine Optimization. And blogs?  They were for diarists who, through the magic of the Internet, discovered how much fun it was to cyber-share their lives with others.



What's So Bad About Single Stocks, Anyway?
By: Kate Stalter (Forbes)

In my last couple of columns, I’ve sounded the warning alarm for those inclined to trade in and out of stocks. This is a subject that’s been on my mind for several years, as I previously coached people on getting in and out of growth stocks, using market-timing techniques.



Here's Why So Many Wealthy Athletes Wind Up Broke
By: Claes Bell (Business Insider)

Whenever a prominent professional athlete files for bankruptcy, there's always a chorus of armchair financial experts wondering how such a thing could happen and talking about how they would have invested those millions so much better.




Investors Face Potential Municipal Bond Armageddon
By: Jake Zamansky (Forbes)

The Securities and Exchange Commission is worried that municipal bankruptcies, combined with an expected spike in interest rates, means that the muni bond market could face “Armageddon,” according to a report last week by SEC commissioner Dan Gallagher.

Don’t just do something, sit there
By: Buttonwood (The Economist)

CALL it hyperactivity, call it the temptation to fiddle. Chief executives have a tendency to make acquisitions just to show they are doing something. Similarly, fund managers, sitting at their desks all day, have the urge to trade. Otherwise why go into the office at all?

Overview Of The New 3.8% Investment Income Tax, Part 1
By: Tony Nitti (Forbes)

Beginning January 1, 2013, Obamacare – through the enactment of Section 1411 — will impose upon certain high earners a brand spankin’ new 3.8% tax on their “net investment income.” This additional tax has been the source of much confusion and misinformation for taxpayers and tax advisors alike.


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