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March
13
Subprime Mortgage Loans - 3 Questions To Ask Your Subprime Mortgage Broker Subprime mortgage brokers offer a variety of mortgage loan packages from different lending companies They can find financing for almost anyone, regardless of their credit score Even though brokers offer a valuable service, you still need to ask questions to be sure you are getting the best deal 1 What Is Your Fee? Before you begin working with a subprime mortgage broker, ask how they are getting paid Sometimes they charge you an upfront fee, other times ...
March
13
Bad Credit Home Mortgage Refinance - Should You Refinance A bad credit home mortgage refinance is possible for people with previous credit problems The interest rates will not be as low as those for consumers with good credit but you can still end up saving in the end There are several questions you should ask yourself when considering a home mortgage refinance First of all you need to access your credit situation If credit has been a problem for you in the past, you will want to ...
March
13

Time Out

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Time Out The Patriots earned their money when settling the Super Bowl challenge thanks to Adam Vinatieri's kick through the goal posts Just before that kick, the Carolina Panthers called time-out to unnerve Vinatieri and Kinchen, the stand in center On Thursday, January 29, 2004, Greenspan and company suggested they might kick up short-term interest rates Hinting a time out for interest rates unnerved investorsInterest rate moves have subtle effects on income for many Our family benefits from the presence ...
March
12
Term Life Insurance: Finding Your Rate Online Term life insurance rates vary more than most people might imagine Depending on the life insurance company you choose, you could end up paying a lot higher rates for the same policySurprisingly, many people will shop around for the best price on a toaster or a hotel room but when it comes to picking a term life rate that fits their budget, most don't want to do much searching Part of the reason ...
March
12
Fed Hikes Interest Rates Again On November 1, 2005, the Federal Reserve Bank [Fed] raised interest rates one quarter of a percentage point Since Summer 2004, outgoing Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has been raising interest rates on a regular basis since hitting its low point of just 1% Now at 4%, Greenspan is expected to raise rates two more times before exiting office in January 2006 Will the higher rates stave off inflation? Will the new Chairman continue GreenspanÂ’s incremental ...
March
11

Saving Bonds

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Saving Bonds Saving Bonds are issued by US Treasury Department These are not tradable anywhere in the market The bonds are non-marketable securities For any buying and selling activity, you need to go to the agents authorized by the government These agents are called Issuing and Paying agents The saving bonds are registered securities This means that they are registered and held in name of the person who owns them Generally there are three series of interesting saving bonds They ...
March
10
Free Money for Your Retirement? It can be more than a little discouraging to start making retirement planning calculations You’ll usually find that to achieve the annual retirement income you want, you need to be saving a lot more than is practical Suppose, for example, that you use a program like Quicken or Microsoft Money to determine that your retirement savings should equal to $5,200 a year—which is the same as $450 a month (This savings amount will produce roughly $15,000 ...
March
10
Quick Cash Loans – The Real Cost So many numbers are thrown around when talking about cash advances, also called payday loans, that it can be hard to know what the real cost is What you actually pay for your payday loan is usually a financing fee rather than an interest rate APR is used to compare the yearly cost of such a loan, even though payday loans are usually repaid in less than 17 days Financing Fees Most cash advance companies ...
March
10

The Folly of PEG Ratio

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The Folly of PEG Ratio Price Earning Growth (PEG) Ratio is the ratio of a company's P/E with its growth rate A lot of analysts have concurred that a stock is fairly valued when its PEG ratio equal one This means that if a stock has a P/E of 10 with a growth rate of 10%, then the stock is trading at fair value How many of you have seen this kind of statement? I have seen it plenty of times ...
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