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Most individuals engaged in legit work at home jobs don't earn thousands of dollars just for stuffing envelopes. As a matter of fact, the odds are that no legitimate home-based businesses will pay off that kind of cash for stuffing envelopes, turkeys, or any other such thing. When it comes to finding lucrative stay-at-home careers, it is best to remember that old axiom: "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." If thousands could be made from stuffing envelopes, surely there would be thousands of individuals clamoring to get in on the most lucrative venture ever offered.

While enterprising individuals can earn good wages through self-employment, fantastic claims rarely pay off and many unsuspecting consumers get ripped off chasing a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It's best to focus on companies which offer a median income and reasonable expectations, rather than being duped into paying good money for unsubstantiated claims of potential success. The Bible warns against believing false prophets, or those who espouse fraudulent claims. "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
What makes legit work at home jobs different from those that promise instant, no-money-down success is that there will generally be contact with a real live company representative who can be dialed via a toll-free telephone number or email address. Legitimate offers for home-based self-employment with bona fide companies will also provide participants with forms for filing taxes on earned income, usually a W-9 for independent contractors. A reputable firm is also just as interested in screening individuals who respond to their advertising as the individuals are in screening them. Company representatives offering legit work at home jobs will often take applicants through a two- to three-day process of verifying skills and experience, providing online or telecommunications training sessions, and scheduling informative conference calls to give serious applicants the tools and skills they need to succeed.

Investing

How many times have you flipped to the back of a company's annual report and found yourself blankly staring at the pages of numbers and tables? You know that these should be important to your investing decision, but you're not quite sure what they mean or where to begin. In Lesson 3, we're going to take our first major step towards changing that. Smart investors have always known that financial statements are the keys to every company. They can warn of potential problems, and when used correctly, help determine what a business is really "worth". An investor who understands financial statements will never have to ask "is this company a good investment?

In This Corner...
People are constantly wondering where to park their money when they don't see any investments that interest them. In this article, we are going to look at two of the most popular ways of using excess cash, and discover just which one is superior!

Introduction to the Stock Market, An: Investing Lesson 1
Have you always wanted to know how to understand a company's annual report and financial statements? In this series of lessons, we set out to teach you how to take the financial statements of a company and carefully analyze them to determine what the stock is truly "worth". This allows you make better investing decisions by helping to avoid the costly mistake of purchasing a company when its share price is too high. This lesson explains how a company issues stock for the first time. It also covers important concepts such as market cap, book value, and p/e ratio. If you've already read the lesson, you can take the Quiz.

Invest in What You Know
One of the biggest keys to successful investing is to only purchase shares of companies you know and understand. Find out how to find these businesses by going through your own laundry room, or listening to your kids.

Investing in Municipal Bonds
Tax-free municipal bonds can be a great investment for those in higher tax brackets. Read this quick and easy-to-use guide to find out if they are something you should consider adding to your portfolio.

Investor's Manifesto, The
Just what makes an investor? All true investors exhibit certain traits, beliefs and characteristics. This is a compilation of those attributes in what I call "The Investor's Manifesto" - not only will they help you make the most of your money, they'll help you enjoy your life.

Love & Money
Relationships and Investing are both complex subjects - mixing the two can sometimes be a recipe for disaster. Here's what you should (and shouldn't) do with your money when you are seriously involved with someone else.

Careers

Jobs That Are Hiring

Information technology
Information technology is one of the fastest growing job fields in the United States. It's growing so fast that companies are unable to meet the demand with only U.S. job applicants, and many companies outsource their technological needs to India and China because they are unable to find qualified IT professionals in the United States.

Health care
As the population continues to age, the demand for health care is expected to increase rapidly. Health care professionals will be needed to treat illnesses and provide medical attention that ensures a greater quality of life. It doesn't matter what health care profession you pick; the demand is enormous and is expected to only increase with the passage of the new health care reform bill.

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physical therapists are listed as three of the top 10 professions on CNN's 2009 Best Jobs list, for their high levels of pay and growth potential. Anesthesiologists and pharmacists also ranked highly.

Financial services
Did you think that financial professionals were suffering because of the economic collapse of the last few years? That isn't the case. While some investment bankers may not be receiving any calls from headhunters anytime soon, there are a lot of finance professionals still in demand. As individuals grapple with the crippling effects of the recession on their finances, the need for financial professionals will only grow.

The demand for financial advisers alone is expected to grow 41 percent over the next six years. CPAs, financial analysts, finance directors, actuaries, and mathematicians are also highly sought after by corporate America.

Jobs That Are Firing

Manufacturing
With all of the jobs being shipped overseas to China, domestic manufacturing jobs are few and far between. The manufacturing sector as a whole has lost 2.1 million jobs. With the closing of several domestic automobile manufacturing plants, factory workers are having a difficult time finding gainful employment.

Even pharmaceutical companies, like Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer, have announced plans to lay off workers over the next few years. Because of the disappointing job outlook, iron workers, welders, sheet metal workers, and drill press operators are some of the worst jobs to have (as far as job security and future outlook) in 2010.