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Archive for January, 2007

Are You Too Young for a Retirement Plan?

When thinking of ones retirement plan, most people only think of how old they will be when they retire, there are other factors to consider; how old a person is now, how old they may live to be, the type of investments they have already made, the type of return those investments are thought to […]

Time for Retirement

Everyone in the workforce must eventually retire. This doesn’t have to feel like the end of the world. One should look at retirement as another chapter in ones life.

Individual Retirement Account

The IRA or the Individual Retirement Account is an investment plan, which specially focuses on retirement funds. Since it is a separate investment plan, it has its own set of rules and regulations, which everyone should know and understand.

Debt Reduction - Snowball Method

There are multiple ways to reduce your total (and monthly) debt load, some less painful than others. There is one method that has been employed by many with great success: the snowball method.

You Can Avoid Identity Theft

Identity theft is mostly defined as a state where another person uses your name to appropriate gains due to you – this could be anything from abusing your credit cards to usurping your medical insurance or bank balance, or committing crimes in your name.

Individual Voluntary Agreements – IVA

In the UK there’s a formal name, IVA, for the agreement between a debtor and a creditor to alter debt terms. The U.S. may not employ the name, but the idea is essentially the same. It’s a method for agreeing to settle an outstanding debt, usually one that’s overdue and that the debtor can’t pay.