pekingesemonthly.com » Finance http://pekingesemonthly.com Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:20:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Avoiding Internet Investment Scams: Email Spam http://pekingesemonthly.com/avoiding-internet-investment-scams-email-spam/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/avoiding-internet-investment-scams-email-spam/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:09:00 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=19 Each and every day millions of people get wrapped up in Internet investment scams cleverly disguised in fraudulent emails. These emails are known as “Spam” and are incredibly easy and cheap to set up and use. Junk email usually gets more responses than cold calling, or other types of mass communication. Using Spam allows people to make what appears to be a personalized email and send them to millions of people and draw them into their fake programs. It’s important to be cautious about any emails you get dealing with investment opportunities

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    ]]>     http://pekingesemonthly.com/avoiding-internet-investment-scams-email-spam/feed/ 0     Will My Application Be Accepted By IVA? http://pekingesemonthly.com/will-my-application-be-accepted-by-iva-2/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/will-my-application-be-accepted-by-iva-2/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:50:46 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=54 IVA takes into account many aspects about individual debtors, creditors’ policies, and also prevailing financial conditions of the state as a whole when drafting an IVA proposal. IVA proposals are designed in such a way that they should not be rejected by the creditors involved in the situation. If IVA feels that the lenders would reject the proposal made by IVA, the proposal or application from the individual will not be accepted by IVA itself. IVA will offer you a means out of the debt trap if and only if it is confident the lenders will accept the proposal.

     

    The success rate of IVA is very high. It is very unlikely you will be accepted by IVA and then fail to be able to successfully arrive at an agreement with creditors. It is necessary for your proposal to be approved by more than 75% of the creditors to whom you owe money. If more than 25% reject the proposal put forward by IVA, then there would not be any way for you to take advantage of this program. It all depends on how much you owe to creditors, their willingness to work with you, and your ability to make timely repayments for a term of as long as 60 months.  

     

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      ]]>       http://pekingesemonthly.com/will-my-application-be-accepted-by-iva-2/feed/ 0       Home Loans http://pekingesemonthly.com/home-loans/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/home-loans/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:53:47 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=51 Everyone likes to have their own home, as home is the place where one feels secure. Many people like to build their own home, while others like to buy them already built. There are many lenders that are offering good rates on home loans so that anyone can fulfill their requirements of the building loans. If the bank offers home loans then they check the authenticity of the person and whether the person is obtaining a good home from the money taken from the bank. The proper checks and balances need to be in order in any case. When the people come to an age of more than 35, then suddenly they realize why they didn’t go for building their own home; therefore why not think that at an early stage of life when all the banks and private lenders are offering home loans people.

       

      Loan blog makes the life of people very convenient, and a loan broker also adds additional value before obtaining the loan. There are many websites that are offering UK personal loan information so that one can get the information from such websites. Just imagine your own home, and then try to visit banks. Have a sitting with the professional people over there and get to some conclusion regarding a loan.

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        ]]>         http://pekingesemonthly.com/home-loans/feed/ 0         Free Financial Advice http://pekingesemonthly.com/free-financial-advice/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/free-financial-advice/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:48:30 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=9 There is always someone trying to give out some free financial advice. But, many people never listen to the facts and figures thrown around the office or even the supermarket. If you want to learn more about how to invest your money for the future, listening to this advice may just help.

        Many people invest money on a daily basis. It is important to find someone who has either worked in the field of finance or has had successes investing. Online forums are a great place to start learning more about how to invest in your future and the advice is always FREE.

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          ]]>           http://pekingesemonthly.com/free-financial-advice/feed/ 0           Company Stock Plans for Free http://pekingesemonthly.com/company-stock-plans-for-free/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/company-stock-plans-for-free/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:44:54 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=6 There is a way that every person in the world can take advantage of the company stock plans without ever having to see one cent of their money disappearing from their paychecks and it is all thanks to the way the money is pulled from the check.

          When a worker invests in company stock, up to $10.00 can be invested in pre-tax money without seeing a reduction in total pay. This is due to the fact that the money is pulled from the paycheck before taxes are figured. This way, the taxes subtracted from the paycheck will be less and thus the check total will go unaffected.

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            ]]>             http://pekingesemonthly.com/company-stock-plans-for-free/feed/ 0             How Much Money = Financial Freedom http://pekingesemonthly.com/how-much-money/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/how-much-money/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:39:54 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=3 As our nation ages and the baby boomers become closer and closer to the age of retirement, the question comes up over and over again, how much money is enough?

            When figuring out how much money to have on hand in retirement packages and investments, you will need to calculate the total cost of living for each of the years you plan on living past retirement. The cost of living will not only include food and general supplies, but also the cost of any house and car payments as well as additional monies to live on for those years when you are not working.

            If there is simply not enough time to save, a part time job in a field that is less than stressful, may help to benefit the savings for the future.

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              ]]>               http://pekingesemonthly.com/how-much-money/feed/ 0               Beware of Owning Company Stock http://pekingesemonthly.com/beware-of-owning-company-stock/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/beware-of-owning-company-stock/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:04:36 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=17 There are a ton of companies today that offer stock in the company as part of their employee 401 K plans. Owning stock in the company you work for can be an extremely risky deal and can leave you with devastating losses. The reason this is such a bad idea is that if your company collapses and goes out of business you’ve lost everything. You’ve lost your primary source of income as well as losing all your retirement and cash you invested in stock. If you do own stock in your company it should be no more than 10% of your portfolio.

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                ]]>                 http://pekingesemonthly.com/beware-of-owning-company-stock/feed/ 0                 Cold Calls http://pekingesemonthly.com/cold-calls/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/cold-calls/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:59:48 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=14 Do your really buy into cold calls and invest in whatever get-rich-quick gimmick they are trying to sell? Well think about it. If they were so desperate to call you to make you rich, doesn’t that make you wonder why the phone call guy isn’t already vacationing at the beach? The caller is a stranger and has no idea what your financial position is or what kind of goals you have. They don’t know if you are high or low risk or whatever other characteristics you have when it comes to your money. Stop giving into someone pleading you to join his or her new plan. Instead just ask for the material to be sent by mail so you have something to really investigate. Better yet, hang up on them so your not pressured into a scheme you don’t understand.

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                  ]]>                   http://pekingesemonthly.com/cold-calls/feed/ 0                   Learn to Be Your Own Financial Advisor http://pekingesemonthly.com/learn-to-be-your-own-financial-advisor/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/learn-to-be-your-own-financial-advisor/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:52:01 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=11 If there is one piece of advice that the beginning investor can take to heart, it is the fact that learning to invest your own money will make a world of difference. Even if you are wealthy enough to hire a financial advisor, it is important to understand where your money is going and how it can grow for you.

                  Instead of paying a financial advisor to take your money and play the game of investment alone, try attending a few college courses on investing and finances. You will be able to learn more in a few semesters than you ever thought possible and then play an active part in your money investing.

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                    ]]>                     http://pekingesemonthly.com/learn-to-be-your-own-financial-advisor/feed/ 0                     Short Sale http://pekingesemonthly.com/short-sale/ http://pekingesemonthly.com/short-sale/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:23:06 +0000 http://pekingesemonthly.com/?p=26 Want to know what a short sale is? A short sale is when the lender of your mortgage loan accepts a discount because they are trying to avoid a possible bankruptcy or foreclosure auction. You can look at it like you are purchasing the property directly from the lender for a fat discount instead of buying it directly from the seller. Banks do not like bad loans on their books and they hate excess inventory. Lenders are aware about the potential money loss that might happen if you loose a property to an auction. That is because of the million fees involved putting a property in an auction.

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