Best Locations for Prepaid Card Purchases

Best Locations for Prepaid Card Purchases

The new wave of financial responsibility for the future is the prepaid credit card. It allows you to have an itemized, on-line statement of your spending without incurring finance charges. It can help you teach …
High Yield Bond Funds Explained

High Yield Bond Funds Explained

If you think of the average bond fund as the ideal family car, designed for safety and dependability, a high-yield bond fund would be more like a sports car. It has the potential to get …
Prison Overcrowding in Texas

Prison Overcrowding in Texas

If Texas is so concerned about this issue and the large amounts of prisoners waiting for “beds” in various rehabs and halfway houses, why are there only 5 {for men and 2 for women} SAFPF …
Fed Policy Effect on Inflation – Yes

Fed Policy Effect on Inflation – Yes

If the question is whether the Federal Reserve today is indeed laying the groundwork for the U.S. economy to experience future inflation, by expanding its balance sheet to fight systemic risk in Global Finance, the …
First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

The first-time homebuyer tax credit provides tax relief of up to $8,000 for certain taxpayers. For all the details, and for applying it to your own situation, you’ll certainly want to check with the Internal …
How to Write a will

How to Write a will

Do you have a will? Is it current? Does it reflect where you want everything you own to go? What about minor children? Pets? What happens to them if you die? Who will ensure that …
How to Live on a Tight Budget

How to Live on a Tight Budget

Becoming great at reducing personal bills is an acquired art. People will have to pay their own bills for many years to learn how to apply a strict budget while still having a good level …
Choosing Mutual Funds for your 401k

Choosing Mutual Funds for your 401k

Choosing mutual funds for your 401(k) Choosing funds for your retirement plan can be one of the most important steps you take to actively plan for your golden years. Normally, your employer will have a …
Check Indorsement

Check Indorsement

Properly endorsing a check to a third party involves passing over of a check to a party other than the person or company to whom the check is originally made payable. Not all banks accept …
How to Find the Perfect Realtor

How to Find the Perfect Realtor

The perfect realtor is something a little different for everyone, but one trait that all great realtors possess is professionalism. Whenever you are paying as much as six percent commission on your home sale, you …
Obamacare Hospital and Medical Costs – No

Obamacare Hospital and Medical Costs – No

I volunteer with an organization that helps families through emergencies that could otherwise cause financial ruin. I can’t say that we are one hundred percent effective, although I will say what we do does help. …
How to Save Money for a Rainy Day

How to Save Money for a Rainy Day

Saving money can be difficult, especially at the moment as the current economic climate is not at it’s best. It is however, possible to save without it being too stressful. Saving for a rainy day …
Taxes on the Wealthy – No

Taxes on the Wealthy – No

Any time I hear a president suggest more taxes I cringe. Once you open the tax-gate, regardless of class, it will cost us all something eventually and here is why; as soon as government ups …
So Dissapointed with Jury Duty

So Dissapointed with Jury Duty

The letter came, I had been selected to serve jury duty. At first I tried to think of every way to avoid this task but in reality I knew that I did not have an …
Disadvantages of Credit Cards

Disadvantages of Credit Cards

As good as a debit card can be, with it comes responsibilities. Some people can be very irresponsible when they have a credit card, or even a debit card. Here are some reasons to avoid using a …