News and articles to help you with your personal finances.
02/03/2012
Couponing: 10 Tips for Getting Started
Perhaps you've seen one of those television shows wherein a shopper uses an incredibly large amount of coupons to bring her grocery bill down to just a few dollars and cents at checkout. "If I can do it, anyone can do it!" this person exclaims, and we do want to believe her. Who wouldn't want to save money at the food store?
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02/03/2012
Regrouping Financially
Who wants to talk about regrouping after the fun of setting financial priorities? With credit-card payments coming due and summer holidays needing deposits soon, may I just say it. This seems to be our elephant in the room. So, let's open the drapes and doors and air this out. Getting a rein on your budget is about common sense, effective stress management, as well as longer-term happiness and wellness. In this economy, we all see the empty houses and rentals/lets as bankruptcies keep climbing. When we buy on impulse without thought of consequences, well, eventually some bill may come due that we can't pay.
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02/03/2012
Is Your House Made of Straw, Sticks or Bricks?
I'd like to discuss one of my favorite financial strategies for protecting your money from market volatility. It draws an analogy from the three houses featured in the story of the 3 Little Pigs.
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02/03/2012
Overcome Three Money Myths That Keep You Broke
Old beliefs about money can keep you broke. What were you taught about money can be affected attracting the money and lifestyle you deserve. Upgrade your beliefs about how to generate and use your money, and watch your finances grow!
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02/02/2012
A Look At Indian Personal Finance and Accounting for Life
The world today runs on the cogs of money, the centralized resource to obtaining, using and disposing of all the primary and secondary resources. As such, financial management demands the highest attention whether personal or corporate finance, holding the reigns of function at all levels.
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02/02/2012
Five Core Steps to Manage Personal Tax Planning
Tax is a common norm that applies to all businessmen and employees. A hassle free procedure is always user-friendly with regard to personal tax planning that starts off with beginning of each financial year. What an individual requires for an easy personal tax planning without missing out any valuable deductions is to follow the five core steps that may help him/her fill his/her own simple tax return or appointing an accountant.
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02/02/2012
Why Do You Need A Financial Advisor?
The internet is a vast pool of investment tools that are designed to provide investors and traders with simplicity of trading. These tools serve a wide variety of purposes. One of the most important benefits that they provide is that they help you make calculations based on your investment capability and create a plan that will help you leverage your capabilities.
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02/02/2012
Freebies That You Can Easily Avail
One of the best things about the Internet is the accessibility of remarkable offers, which allows a person to save money. When we browse the Internet, we will be able to find the most recent and best freebies that we can avail at once.
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02/02/2012
Self-Directed IRAs - A Retirement Tool, or a Retirement Time Bomb?
A self-directed IRA is similar to a traditional IRA. In a traditional IRA you will invest your money in mutual funds, stocks, bonds, cash or other marketable securities offered by your brokerage firm/financial advisor. In this scenario, some of the due diligence has been done for you to make sure that the investments are generally sound. But the IRS does allow you to invest in other investments like privately held stock, real estate or certain precious metals within a self-directed IRA. "Self-directed" means just that - you are doing the due diligence and making all the decisions, so you really need to understand the rules.
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02/02/2012
Taking The Series 7 License Exam
Passing the Series 7 License Exam is a requirement before anyone working in the finance industry can sell or buy securities including stocks, bonds, derivatives and any other investments promoted to the general public. The exam is administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and covers a broad range of investments and products. In order to take the exam, generally you must be sponsored by a registered member of FINRA, although in some instances the state can act as your sponsor if you are a Registered Investment Advisor.
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