Financial Planning Articles
1: Advantages of Charitable Trusts to Businesses
Businesses can gain immensely from charitable trusts, though these trusts are nonprofit organizations that are set up for the benefit of some other party.
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2: Saving Money Can Be Enjoyable For Those In Texas
Money and fun aren't necessarily words that people automatically put together. But for people in the cities of Houston, Dallas and Austin, and throughout Texas, there are more than enough ways of dealing with the stuff to make the world go around a little easier.f
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3: Yielding to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Income is hard to come by these days. Treasuries are yielding less than 5%. Have you considered Real Estate mutual funds? Many have current yields in the 5-8% range (primarily REIT-Real Estate Investment Trust-funds).
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4: The Tortoise Has Retired, The Hare Is Still Running
Many people spend their time hoping to get rich quickly, like winning the lottery, or getting an unexpected inheritance from a distant relative. The reality for most is that, like the tortoise in the old story we heard as children, slow and steady wins the race!
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5: Texas Invests In Its Future: The Young See Hope For Retirement
No wonder so many of us run from discussions on financial matters, ignore our bills, and spend too much money, as if in rebellion. It's scary out there.
Last year, the Employee Benefits Research Institute released the results of a study concluding that the majority of Americans are unprepared for retirement, are not saving enough for it ...
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6: Leverage Land Mines
Simply put, leverage magnifies your gain or loss and, since you're borrowing money which must be repaid, you can lose more than your entire investment (the investment and the loan amount).
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7: Deferred Student Loans - There Are Rules, You Know!
Whilst that student loan seemed a good idea to actually get you to college, not only does the fun stop when you leave, but the tricky issue of paying the money back starts to rear it's ugly head. Time to find out how 'deferred' your deferred student loan really is then...
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8: Financial Security in an Unstable Economy
Few families pass on actual knowledge about wealth building to their children. Negative feelings of poverty and scarcity can last for generations.
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9: The New Investing Paradigm: Mindfulness not Competition
Advances in investment theory have dovetailed nicely with ancient wisdom to present investors with a new and exciting paradigm for investing. The new paradigm shifts our attention away from the day to day fluctuations of the market, and turns our focus to a centered, mindful, and disciplined approach to investing.
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10: A Good Long Term Strategy
Planning your your long-term financial future.
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11: Hooray ! I Got My Bonus !
An article about how we value money from different sources differently, and how that affects our decisions about whether we choose to spend it or save it.
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12: Scholarships: The Top 10 Strangest Ways to Pay for College
Scholarships are a great way to pay for college education. The problem is that scholarships are typically merit-based, which means they are usually reserved for students with 4.0 GPAs or star athletes. Thankfully, there are scholarships that rely on other kinds of distinction.
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13: The Canyon of Incumbrance: Young Texas And I Crawl Out of Debt
I'm not going to lie. Sure, I'll admit it. I've been pushed past the point of shame, and have fallen straight into the abyss prominently named, "The Lonely Canyon Of Incumbrance." I'm one of those people.
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14: Under 25s Face 'Pensions Crisis'
The majority of young people are not preparing for their financial future, the results of a new study indicate.
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15: How You Can Come Out On Top With A Car Loan
People who have bad credit automatically assume they can never get a loan for anything, let alone a car.
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16: Warning Signs of Credit Repair Rip-offs
"Your credit will be erased permanently!" Does that offer sound too enticing to dismiss? Maybe so. But before you take that plunge, be warned! There are many companies out there, disguising as help who are only after your money. Here are the warning signs of what to look out for or credit repair rip-offs.
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17: Saving Financial Freedom
Saving Money is the key to financial freedom. People with savings have choices, those without can end up as money slaves, chained to debt.
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18: Estate: Your Questions Answered - Health Savings And Power Of Attorney
Q. Jeff, I want to ask your opinion regarding Health Savings Accounts. On April 1st, the company I work for is changing our current Blue Cross health insurance to Guardian Insurance set up as a HRA. I am single and currently have a $500 deductible. Under the HRA, the deductible will be $2,000.
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19: Annuities: Better Alternatives Than Equity-Indexed Annuities
Equity Indexed Annuities (EIAs) have become the hot product of late. I believe you can easily find other alternatives that will bring a better return, without locking up your money or levying hefty surrender penalties.
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20: Estate: Beyond The Living Will
Living wills have received a great deal of attention due to the recent Terry Schiavo situation. Because her end-of-life wishes were in dispute, family members battled each other in the courts over her treatment and care.
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21: The Reasons Why Estate Planning Is So Important
Many people fail to understand the importance of estate planning.
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22: Finding the Best Estate Planning Attorney for Your Family
Finding a good estate-planning attorney is vital for the success of your estate plan. The best attorney would not be one who is just aware of the legal provisions related to how your estate would be transferred in the manner and to whom you want it to got to.
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23: Which Saving Account Interest Rate will you Get?
When you are shopping around for a bank to put your money into one thing you will need to compare is the saving account interest rate that is being offered.
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24: How to Get a High Certificate Deposit Interest Rate
If you are interested in making money from your existing money, but you are not too fond of possibly losing it all in the stock market, then you should instead turn your attention to certificate deposits.
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25: Estate Planning - No Contest Clause in A Will
Estate planning is an effective measure undertaken to ensure that the assets you possess, which are usually the outcome of a lifetime of labor, are transferred to the recipients according to your wishes after your demise. To make your wishes effective, you may decide to make a will as part of your estate plan.
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