Lease versus Buy- When considering where to live, you have two basic choices: you can lease (rent) or you can buy. This is a big decision as the purchase of a home is the largest purchase most of us make in our lives. There are advantages and disadvantages to both leasing and owning, what you
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Australia’s Mature Tax System Revealed by Recent Research The recent announcement in the Weekend Financial Times, about the high numbers of Americans who do not pay tax, has caused some debate in international revenue circles and the situation has been likened to Australia where a similarly high number of people are excluded from the tax
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In the following article Tony Sagami of Uncommon Wisdom, shows how election results can be accurately predicted based on economic factors. In our Misery Index we show how two simple factors like inflation and unemployment were the basis of the original idea of predicting election results based on economic factors. But today Tony shows how
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Gold Pullback May Be Over By: Chris Vermeulen If you own physical gold, gold mining stocks or plan on buying anything related to precious metals before year end, you are likely going to get excited because of what my analysis and outlook shows. Since gold topped abruptly a year ago (Sept 2011) with a massive
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Government Targets Breeders It occurs to every kid of a certain age. Let’s say the kid has a hamster, and then two, and they make babies. New value, new commodities. This is fantastic! Maybe the kid can breed hamsters, sell them, and make a few bucks. The capital investment is low and the returns are
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Introduction to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Exchange traded funds are investment funds that are similar to mutual funds in that they can hold a range of assets and commodities. Although most exchange traded funds hold portfolios representative of either bond or stock market indexes, there are also exchange traded funds that invest based on more exotic
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Investors who have aversion to the inherent risk involved in investing in securities find a better option in bonds. Bonds offer capital preservation as well as fixed returns at its maturity. That’s why bonds are good investment vehicles in terms of additional income stream or as a means to diversify your investment portfolio. Different Types
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In the interest of understanding insurance consumers, what drives them to purchase, how their understanding of insurance changes, and what their behavior patterns indicate, Ernst & Young conducted a 2012 survey of 24,000 consumers, 2,000 of which operated in the U.S. Comprised of life/annuity and property/casualty insurance products, the Global Consumer Insurance Survey was designed
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As a young adult with a new college degree in your hand, you may feel as though the world is your oyster. You may have limited financial obligations coupled with a great salary from your first post-college job. Now that you are finally earning a sizable income, you may be thinking about making some major
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Editor’s Note: Several years ago, I was in Thailand and decided to visit Myanmar (formerly Burma) from the Thai border town of Mae Sai just to get another stamp in my passport… I’ve visited a lot of third world countries and seen some pretty nasty stuff, including rats the size of cats in the Ivory Coast and
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