Six Things To Do In A High Risk Market When the market turns against you, what should you do? Sell everything? We discussed that choice in a recent column Selling everything draws your "line in the sand" and announces that you have determined there is no future for you in the market There are other steps you can take when things start moving against you Here are 6 actions you take today to help protect the money you've worked hard to get In my next article, ...

How To Get A Credit Card No Matter How Bad Your Credit Rating Your credit is bad Perhaps you have a string of unpaid bills haunting your past Maybe you declared bankruptcy within the past 10 years, or defaulted on a student loan All of the above can block your access to obtaining a major credit card, such as VISA or Mastercard But bad credit is not the only reason you can be denied a major credit card Some people simply have never used credit People who ...

Visa Credit Cards These days, major credit card brands, especially MasterCard and Visa credit cards have become more than a necessity, making living without one very inconvenient These credit cards are not only accepted almost everywhere in the US but are even required to purchase goods and services, especially travel As a result not having Visa credit cards makes it nearly impossible to book a plane, hotel or rental car Living in the society of "credit," it is possible for you to make a purchase ...

Seven Deadly Trading Mistakes - Part Seven In this last article of the series, I'm going to look at what is perhaps the biggest mistake of all, and yet should be the easiest to overcome Mistake Number Seven - Not Taking Action For every trader who opens a brokerage account and starts placing trades, there must be a hundred more who had every intention of doing so, but for one reason or another, never actually took that step It's a blindingly obvious statement to make I know, but ...

How To Read An Experian Credit Report The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the Nationwide Consumer Reporting organizations (Equifax, TransUnion and Experian) to provide you with one free credit report every 12 months per your request This means that you are entitled to three free credit reports per year, if you deem it necessary You can stagger the requests or order all of them at the same time Each of the National Consumer Credit Reporting bureaus have a unique credit report format, but in essence ...

Buy A Car With Bad Credit A car is a necessity for most of us It is difficult to make a living without having a reliable means of transportation You can take the bus or train, but the convenience of a car allows you to accomplish more in an efficient manner People with bad credit, often find it difficult to finance big name purchases such as homes, cars, furniture, appliances, etc Having repossessions, bankruptcies, charge-offs, liens or judgments on your credit report identifies you as a credit risk ...

Credit Score An Introduction There's a lot of confusing information about credit scores out there There are people out there who believe that they don't have a credit score and many who think that their credit score doesn't count for much Your credit score can spoil your chances of getting some jobs, of good interest rates and even your chances of getting some apartments The fact is if you have bills and a bank account then you have a credit score and your credit score matters more ...

Know Your Debt Consolidation Options Nobody likes being in debt or the additional stress it adds to their life Additionally, most individuals have some form of debt that is weighing heavily on them and they simply want to get rid of it If you are in this situation then you might consider debt consolidation When it comes to debt consolidation there are basically two options you have You can either borrow money and pay off all your bills and then just pay the one loan payment each ...

Are These Simple Trading Mistakes Costing You Money In The Forex Market The 2% rule is a powerful tool in Forex trading By adopting this rule you're using a strategy that decreases the size of your losses during losing streaks, an important consideration There is, however one small caveat that you need to be aware of when using the 2% rule to calculate how many Forex shares you are going to buy As you know, the number of shares you can purchase is determined by your maximum ...

Insure Your Investment You insure your home You insure your life and the lives of your loved ones Why not insure your investments? With current market conditions tossing most portfolios around, it would make sense to protect your portfolio After all, the work we do significantly lowers the risk of losing money in an investment we choose to get involved in But we never completely eliminate all the risk in the market Buying a protective put will help protect your new stock purchases in the market This can ...