Wealth Building

How Much Term Life Insurance Should I Buy

Term life insurance is an important part of the financial planning process. It serves to provide financially for all of the loved ones in your family should you happen to pass away unexpectedly. But one of the important things that people do not put enough consideration into is how much coverage is actually enough. When looking at term life insurance…

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Debt Consolidation

Your Debt Free Plan For The New Year

Unmanaged spending using credit cards are the number one root cause that drives most of people into credit card debt. If you are current in debt and thinking of having a debt free life in near future, you need to start to look into your debt seriously; steering clear of unwanted debt is a great way to manage your finances…

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Debt Consolidation

Got Debt Consider A Debt Management Company

You’ve been working yourself silly for years and yet… you still have no savings and the pile of unpaid bills seems to grow each and every month. You have creditors breathing down your neck – calling and sending you letters so much that you’re afraid to answer the phone or pick up your mail… it’s a difficult and stressful pill…

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Credit

Your Credit History What Gets Reported And What Does Not

A credit report is a document that outlines your financial status, specifically your credit history. The three national reporting agencies, Experian, Trans Union and Equifax, work independently so it is advisable to get reports from all three for an accurate picture. Type Of Information The credit report contains personal, financial and public information along with recent requests. The credit report…

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Personal Finance

Financial Aid Award Letters 101

You have been accepted to college. Now, how are you going to pay for it? For college-bound students and families, this is the moment of truth when they find out the amount of money being offered by a specific college. Each school will offer different award packages, which can include a combination of grants, scholarships, work study or student loans.…

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Ethics

Fbi Raids Pertinent Or Paranoid

Business always moves faster than government … It’s no surprise that a great deal of lawmakers’ time is spent reacting to advances in commerce and science. It’s also no surprise that one of their favorite tactics is to call on their enforcement agencies to bring scrutiny against any topic about which they’re struggling to understand. We’re now seeing this applied…

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Loans

College Grants On The Hunt

There are many different things that can assist you if you are a university student in search of college grant money. The best thing that you can do is apply for as many college grants as you can. Obviously the more you apply for, the greater the chance will be of receiving financial assistance. You could possibly end up with…

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Finance

Learning Basic Accounting Principles

Accounting has been defined as, by Professor of Accounting at the University of Michigan William A Paton as having one basic function: “facilitating the administration of economic activity. This function has two closely related phases: 1) measuring and arraying economic data; and 2) communicating the results of this process to interested parties.” As an example, a company’s accountants periodically measure…

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Divorce

5 Ways To Numb The Financial Pain Of Divorce

Whether it comes before or after the papers are signed, economic hardship is all too familiar to many couples who divorce. Following a few financial guidelines can ease the burden during this difficult time. Each year, 1 million Americans divorce. More than 80 percent of divorcing couples cite “debt and financial distress” as the primary factor in the dissolution of…

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