Over a period of time, we all tend to lose track of records as to the places we worked, taxes paid, insurance, money invested in stocks, bonds etc. This is the reason for 40 billion dollars to be accounted as unclaimed money by the US government. Each state has their numbers when it comes to [...]
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Tax preparation is often a stressful and time consuming affair for many taxpayers. Whether you choose to hire someone to help you with your tax preparation often depends upon how complicated your situation happens to be. If you are single and do not make more than a certain amount of money then you may be [...]
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Retirement is a very important phase in life. If you plan your retirement ahead of time your retirement experience will be wonderful. At the end of the day most people look forward to this. The first step in retirement planning is to calculate your retirement needs. When calculating your retirement needs you have to consider [...]
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With the economy suffering from such a crisis most people have a large number of concerns regarding making any kind of investment. In the past, people thought of purchasing stocks, dollars and gold as a good way of making investments. However the global recession seen in the last couple of years has caused major financial [...]
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If you are looking into getting a home bond, you must know that it takes time. There have actually been recent laws passed that might in fact make bond lending a longer process. Knowing how long a bond takes to get approved it very important because you will need to take time off work to [...]
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Regarding the Lehman Brothers saga, and the High Notes and Minibonds issues, one word that stood out was ‘greed’. When I watched the news last night, one woman admitted that it was greed that led her to put her money there. She was attracted by the 5% interest rate, instead of the less than 1% [...]
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Many people delay planning their financial future as they do not believe they have the funds but with investing, it can be started on a budget. Provided you know a few of the basics, investing can be a fun and safe way to make extra dollars whether in real estate or stocks and bonds. Any [...]
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Warren Buffet, at the annual Berkshire’s meeting with the shareholders, spoke about the future of his fund. He predicted that the US currency is going to depreciate against other major currencies, so the best thing was to invest in companies that had substantial earnings in other currencies. Some of the US MNCs earn more from [...]
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I just watched Casino Royale today. Yes, yes, I know it was shown in the movies long ago, but since my gym provides free DVDs, I made full use of the service. James Bond foiled a major terrorist act against the unveiling of a new airline model, quite similar to the unveiling of the Airbus [...]
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For those who want to go for seminars on bonds, unit trusts, technology stocks and investment during turbulent times, you may want to check out this seminar by Phillips Securities. Date: 20 & 21 Oct 2007 (Sat & Sun) Time: 9.00am – 6.00pm Venue: Raffles City Tower, Level 6 Fee: S$10 per pax/day (Buffet lunch [...]
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