One of life's joys is buying a new car. The excitement of looking through those glossy brochures, choosing the brand, model, colour, plus the features is incredible. Ask most men and I'm sure they'll tell you it's one of the things they enjoy most in the world. And these days, with women reported to be involved in over 80% of all new car purchases, women are getting hooked fast on the pleasure of buying a new car.However, if there is one thing...more
You have two or more major credit cards comfortably snug inside your wallet. You are quite proud of them and they seem to act like your security blanket. But are you sure that security is the commodity being offered by the credit cards? The credit cards offer immediacy. That is, you can immediately purchase an item you like using your credit cards. Without the plastic, you will have to scrimp and save for weeks or months before you can afford...more
Do you sometimes question the performance of your investment portfolio? If you are like most investors you have your income producing assets thrown in together with your equity portfolio. You look at the total mix of dividend paying stocks, bonds, mutual funds and equities, and you're confused as to why they're not producing enough income or growing your portfolio value sufficiently.I have found that part of the reason is the nearly universal propensity of investors to ignore the long-term implications of their income investment decisions while they focus on short-term effects.Because fixed income investing simply isn't regarded as being as exciting as other stock market investing, it has often been relegated to the "ho-hum" category by writers and not as much ink has been devoted to its ins and outs as has been expended on other types of investing. I think that's a disservice to those interested in this type of investment.Investing for income, be it taxable or tax-free, -- and, for the record, my preference for generating tax-free income for clients is the use of CEETBFs (Closed End Exchange Traded Bond Funds) as described in my free e-book "How to earn 5% - 6.5% tax-free income."...more
A chart of accounts is simply a list of different areas within the general ledger section of an accounting software package against which financial transactions are stored. As an example if you looked at a Profit and Loss Statement each of the items listed is a separate account.ie - Sales, Cost of Sales, Advertising, Postage, Telephone Expenses...more
Condo or condominium is a housing option that looks like an apartment complex. Condo ownership lets the owner to own the condo only not the land. Condo owners have to pay monthly fee for maintaining common areas. Generally the association of property owners manages condominiums. Owners of condominium can do anything inside the their unit but not...more
There has always been a degree of "racy glamour" to the world of property investment. Too often the image has always been portrayed as an industry being handled and managed by "be-suited city types" wheeling and dealing any huge multimillion dollar fortunes/It doesn't really matter what your perception of property development he is, the fact is that if you can time it correctly, manage it properly it's a very useful tool in any investment portfolio.Investing in residential property has become well and truly established in recent years. Volatile share and bond markets have simply underlined the inherent strengths in bricks and mortar for long-term investments.Few can have failed to notice the growth in residential property investment over the past decade. There have been many contributing factors behind this, not least the advent of buy-to-let finance offered by banks, the increased volatility in equities markets that has seen supposed blue chip names fall from grace and of course the significant returns from residential property over the pasta for 30 years.The great majority of people are now looking to own an investment property as part of a balanced and well diversified...more
Restaurant point of sale systems have loads of features that POS salespeople love to talk about. Some are glamorous, others are flashy and some are unique to their product. When showing off these new and fancy features too often these salespeople...more
Buying and selling of different currencies of the world is known as forex trading. Forex or foreign exchange market is the largest trading market in the world. Forex trading market deals with more than US$2 trillion everyday. It has become favorite...more
Most of us want a good credit report to obtain automobile financing, credit cards, and to purchase a home. But, beyond these consumer loans, your credit report can cost you in everyday living expenses. What you don't know about your credit could be...more
Not many people spend too much time thinking about it, but every one of us, has a computer file somewhere that contains all the information that makes up our credit history. This information will include our current and previous addresses, our income...more
When the New Year is upon us most smart business people take inventory and make plans for the coming year. Most of these actions focus on external items, like deciding on how many widgets you are going to make and sell, or how many new clients you...more
In today's 24/7 business environment, burnout is a major problem among business executives. How much time and money is your company losing because of executive burnout? Do you know you can avoid burnout in your staff--and reap higher profits? Here...more