Inflation has been in the news regularly lately, a consequence of the ongoing global recession. Inflation is an important metric for central banks and investors to measure, as it gives some insight into the actual value of an given currency. Because inflation impacts wages and prices at the same time, the biggest concern is not the purchasing power for average people on point-of-sale purchases (though that is what is often...

I find debt to be a terrifying word, and with good reason. To anyone who's in it for themselves to earn money their own way, the idea of owing a dime of it to someone else, be it a person or worse, a corporate entity, should be anathema. Abhorrent. Sickening. The worst thing about debt, is that few people realize just how unbelievably easy it is to get into it,...

It's a fact of life - business is risky. It is virtually impossible to guarantee success with perfect certainty. There are simply too many variables to be able to plan for every eventuality. This is especially true for new business owners who lack the experience to predict what sort of challenges they'll face - that's why most small businesses fail in the first two years. Knowing the biggest risks to...