Simple Energy Saving Tips for Your Home that Will Save You Money

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There are lots of ways to save money and one of those has to do with energy. Perhaps you have made some energy saving decisions in your home that have allowed you to keep more of your money where you want it to be- in your wallet or your bank account- or maybe you just [...]

Should You Pay More than the Minimum on Your Credit Cards ?

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When you receive your credit card bill every month you may notice on the statement that it shows what your minimum payment for the month is. The minimum payment represents a percentage of your total balance.  That is then deemed the minimum that you must pay per month. It is a small percentage of your [...]

4 Tips for Setting New Year’s Financial Resolutions – And Making Them Stick

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It is a new year and with it comes the need to make some financial resolutions. Most importantly you need to stick to the resolutions that you make once you make them. This may be the year that you have finally decided to start saving money or you want to eliminate debt or start investing. [...]

Big Changes for Consumers Following Debit Card Regulation?

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This article was written by Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of Card Hub, a leading online marketplace for credit cards, prepaid cards, discounted gift cards, and the best credit card deals. “Interchange fee” is a term that became a greater part of the mainstream American lexicon during 2011. “Prepaid card” is one that will certainly become more [...]

9 Exchange Traded Funds Worth a Second Look

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There are so many ETFs on the market that the landscape looks like the mutual fund world. In order to find the quality funds you have to sift through the hundreds of others that probably aren’t a good fit for you. I, like most investors, have a short list of funds that I use to [...]

Day Trading and Stock Market Volatility

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What is market volatility? Market volatility is when the market goes up 175 points one day, down 250 points the next day, then back up 300 the following day. Heck, the markets can do this all in one day. I’ve mentioned before that news is what moves the markets and that the markets hate uncertainty. [...]

Stock Market In 2012 – A Good Year Or A Bad Year

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What will 2012 bring for the stock market? That is debatable, if we look back at what occurred over the past few years we might be able to identify some pros and cons. The European debt crisis that has become front and center in the news is very reminiscing, of our financial crisis in 2008. Even [...]