How to Budget and Get Out of Debt - 1 Secret to Get You Going

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Jake Siemens)

Can I ask you a few silly Questions?Do you enjoy being in debt? Do you smile at the thought of setting up a budget?I told you they were silly questions. If you are anything like me I think I can pretty safely say that your answer to th...

Short Term Investing For These Times Real Estate Tax Liens

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Robert J McKinney)

Making and preserving capital is important in the best of times, and even more so in the tough economic times we live in today. And you have many options where you can invest your available funds. The stock market, bank CDs, mutual fun...

Learn to Trade with the Trend

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by David S Adams)

In my trading, I keep my countertrend trades to less than 10% of my total trades. In other words, I am trading with the trend 90% of the time. There are several reasons for this, the most obvious is that trading with the trend is consi...

How a FICO Score is Determined

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Julian Hooks)

An individual's credit score is based upon his or her credit report which is basically a history of your previous debts and terms of payment. The three major air credit reporting agencies use mathematical formulas to calculate credit ...

The Drawbacks of a Bad Credit Score

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Julian Hooks)

What's bad about bad credit More important than almost anything else in your financial life is your credit score. Your credit rating is what anyone who makes any financial dealings with you will judge you on. In the modern day, far to...

0% Purchase Credit Cards (With a Little Help from Jane Austen)

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Julia Cook)

As Austen (almost) said: it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a long 0% purchases deal. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his firs...

Even After Reform, New Mexico Health Insurance Rates Still Increase

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Yamileth Medina)

Although healthcare reform legislation passed slightly over a month ago, there have been relatively few changes in the status quo so far. For example, rates continue to rise.A case in point of this phenomenon is Blue Cross Blue Shield....

Details Of Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credits

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Yamileth Medina)

The healthcare reform law creates several tax credits meant to benefit small businesses. These are intended as incentives for companies to provide health coverage to their employees. Indeed, some employers are optimistic, and plan to u...

Do You Know How Rebates Work?

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Caroline Peroz)

One of the best incentive tools at a retailer's disposal is the product rebate.  Consumers see the price advertised after rebate and therefore see a great deal.  Often, products are eadvertised as even being free after rebate.  Reta...

Why Choosing the Right Bank Takes A Lot of Thinking

(Fri Apr 30th, 2010, by Daniel Tobin)

One of life's enduring questions is whether bigger means better.  That is much a matter of personal opinion and specific subjects.  As a kid, a bigger ice cream cone was certainly better, even if you didn't finish it or it gave you a...