Most people associate the term ‘investments’ with stocks and mutual funds, but Federal bond issues also constitute a major chunk of the overall investments market. The annual turnover of US Federal Bond issues is many times more than that generated by the collective stock markets. Although considered the safest investment options in the US, Federal Bonds are not free from…
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How Lender S Set Mortgage Rates
Ever wonder how lender’s come up with the rates they do? You can stop wondering, cause I’m going to tell you how. We all answer to a higher mortgage rate power, namely the secondary market. The secondary market is where Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other mortgage lenders ply their trade. These government founded agencies purchase the loans that lenders…
Going Global Through Mutual Funds
There are more than 13500 different publicly traded companies in the world today, and there are over 700 more companies expected to go public within a year. In addition, every major developed country offers investors various bonds to invest in. All of this makes for a lot of different investments and plenty of choice. Investors can take advantage of this…
Children S Bank Accounts Planning Your Family S Future
Everybody wants to give their children the best possible start in life, and make their future as secure as possible. Two ways of helping them, money-wise, are by encouraging them to save with their own bank account, and by making investments on their behalf. Children’s Accounts Most high street banks offer children’s accounts, usually a straightforward bank account with a…
Bob S Venting I Tried To Tell You In February
Back in late February I was getting nauseous listening to the garbage resonating from the San Francisco Giants training camp in regards to drug user Barry Bonds. He was as usual complaining about his aching knees, when what it really was the withdrawal symptoms from all the “ROIDS” that were being flushed out of his system. I suggested at this…
How Long Has It Been Since You Last Spent Time Together As A Family
We are busy people. Every one has his or her own life to live, a job to take care of, mouths to feed, dreams to work hard for…and in the hustle and bustle of life, we tend to forget we belong to a family. I was dumbstruck when I first knew that my sister who was older than me by…
Mutual Funds An Introduction And Brief History
Each one of us does not have the expertise or the time to build and manage an investment portfolio. There is an excellent alternative available – mutual funds. A mutual fund is an investment intermediary by which people can pool their money and invest it according to a predetermined objective. Each investor of the mutual fund gets a share of…
Coaching Employee Satisfaction
If you have an online business and you have grown to a place where you have employees other than family working for you there are some ways to increase the satisfaction level of your staff. Many of these ideas are simply common sense, but are mentioned as a means of reminding employers of the strength and ability each employee brings…
California Contractor License Bond
Before a contractor can receive a contractor’s license in California, the contractor must register with the California Contractors State License Board and pay a Contractor’s License Bond or a cash credit. In the event of a contractor’s license getting suspended or annulled due to a breach of the Contractors License Law, the contractor must file a disciplinary bond with the…
Bonds Alleged Cheating Scandal Hurting Baseball History
Having just finished reading Game of Shadows – the alleged tell-all book in which the authors claim to have records detailing Barry Bonds’, as well as other athletes’, use of performance-enhancing drugs – it has become crystal clear that Bonds cheated, continues to cheat, and could not care less about it. Bonds just about says this when he claims in…