THE CRA PERSPECTIVE Spiritual Strength Finding Faith, Hope and Purpose in Life When circumstances become uncertain, spiritual strength can provide a deeper foundation of faith, meaning, hope, courage and inner peace. “When the world around us becomes uncertain, we often discover how important our inner foundation really is.” We have explored different dimensions of strength: physical strength helps us use our bodies, mental strength helps us face challenges, emotional strength helps us understand our feelings, and moral strength helps us choose what we believe is right. Yet there is another dimension that reaches beyond performance, achievement and circumstances: spiritual strength. Spiritual strength concerns the deeper questions of human existence: Why a...
Investing is an effective way to put your money to work and potentially build wealth. Smart investing may allow your money to outpace inflation and increase in value. The greater growth potential of investing is primarily due to the power of compounding and the risk-return tradeoff. Investments To invest is to allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. In finance , the benefit from an investment is called a return . The return may consist of a gain or a loss realized from the sale of a property or an investment, unrealized capital appreciation (or depreciation), or investment income such as dividends , interest , rental income etc., or a combination of capital gain and income. The return may also include currency gains or losses due to changes in the foreign currency exchange rates . For example, an investor may purchase a monetary asset now...