Deal Or No Deal – Who’s Your Banker? Copyright 2006 Andy Warren You may have seen or heard of the hugely successful worldwide show, Deal or No Deal If you haven’t, the premise is quite simple In the UK version there are 22 sealed boxes each containing a cash value of between 1 penny and £250,000 No one knows what each one contains The contestant chooses one of the 22 sealed boxes to hold and then opens all the other boxes ...

Save Your Time By Paying Your Bills Online Just about every big bank with a website offers you some bill pay online functions If your bank doesn’t have a website, or if they do but haven’t quite figured out the whole bill pay online thing, you may want to consider finding a new bank I think one of the greatest functions of the internet today are the bill pay online options with bank accounts Email is nice sure, sites like Ebay ...

All About Grants (and No, President Grant Didn’t Invent Them!) Grants are gifts of money that are given to the recipient mostly based on the merit or the need of the recipient There are many types of grants and all are used for the greater good Many are given out by the government as aid or as a way to “feed” a lackluster economy and in so doing raise the tax revenue for the government One can think of both ...

Know Your Business With Accounting All businesses use accounting in their financial system Using a simple check and balance can do wonders on any business, be it sole proprietorship or a corporation There are many accounting professionals that you can hire to do the work for you especially when tax season comes Doing your own accounting for your business can be great Aside from keeping track of your expenses and savings, you have control over everything in your business Imagine ...

The Envelope System Of Budgeting Often, when you cash a check through a bank, your money is given to you in a cash envelope People used to spend the money in this envelope wisely, knowing that there was no more money until the next payday They physically could look and see how much they had left everytime they shopped or thought about shoppingSo rarely do we sit and look at our checking register before we whip out a plastic card ...

Free Grant Money Every year, Congress allocates billions of dollars in the form of free grant money to aid major projects that would ultimately benefit communities Allotment for education grants alone reached an estimated $67 billion annuallyFree grant money can be availed of from various government agencies But this free grant money does not come without a price tag This may sound ironic but free grant money is not exactly for free in the truest sense of the word With ...

Money Is A Family Affair If you are single and don't have kids this tip won't mean much to you For the rest of us that have others to consider when making money decisions it just may make things a little easier I guess the best knock-down, drag-out fights my wife and I ever had was about money No, it never came to blows because she's meaner than I am Believe me you can have a lot of fights in almost ...

How To Avoid Bankruptcy Filing for bankruptcy is an extreme move, not a quick fix It's a long, painful process with a huge stigma, and you're unlikely to be able to get any kind of credit for ten years afterwards Yet bankruptcies are on the rise Out of ignorance or stupidity, more and more people seem to be using bankruptcy as a first option, instead of a last resort Before you do it, make sure you've considered every alternative Have You ...

Money Is In The Mind Some of us make huge money Some makes a real big amount It is as if they have a magic formula Look at the rich list Most of them find their name repeated year after year At the same time there are some who are born with great intelligence and manage to only earn their living They never manage to make big money Why? What is the secret that makes some people attract money? What is ...

Open More Than One Account If you are looking for a way to save money, but always find yourself dipping into your funds, try opening up more than one account at your bank By having more than one account you will be able to keep your money separated, which will help you avoid spending cash that you should not be touching Of course this can all be done with one account and some self control, but it is not always that ...