Mobile Commerce According to Wikipedia- Mobile Commerce, also known as M-Commerce or mCommerce, is the ability to conduct commerce using a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smartphone, or other emerging mobile equipment such as dashtop mobile devices. “Mobile Commerce is any transaction, involving the transfer of ownership […]
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What about Tax Deferred Retirement Accounts? According to Investopedia: The most common types of tax-deferred investments include those in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and deferred annuities.       By deferring taxes on the returns of an investment, the investor benefits in two ways. The first benefit is tax-free growth: instead of paying tax on the returns of
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How to open a Brokerage Account Investing is an excellent way to plan for your long-term financial goals. When you open an investment account, you should research the brokerage you’re doing business with, verify the funds you have to work with, then explore all of your investment options available. Finally, you’ll need to actually open the
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Exporting Electricity Against the backdrop of discussions about pending negotiations over its controversial nuclear program and the upcoming deadline of an European embargo on Iranian oil comes a quiet push by the Islamic republic to become a major electricity exporter. Tehran had said it was expecting to secure electricity deals with Syria and Lebanon and
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The moving average is a simple tool designed to help you easily determine the underlying financial trend of a stock, bond, commodity, mutual fund, or any other financial instrument. According to Wikipedia a moving average is “commonly used with time series data to smooth out short-term fluctuations and highlight longer-term trends or cycles. The threshold between short-term
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Company Bonds Company bonds have been a hot topic in many financial publications including the Wall Street Journal lately, though you might not be familiar with the term. Allow me to offer a brief primer on the topic. Company bonds (aka corporate bonds) are a type of debt security issued by companies to raise capital. A
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Buy Rental Property or a REIT? Although many individuals prefer rental units as additional income, one of the last things you probably want to do in your retirement is to find renters and deal with the drama that comes from having them rent for you. You have to find tenants with reliable income, continue to
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Mutual Funds Even in the wake of the Great Recession, the mutual fund has proven itself a worthy investment for the average person. In fact, many people are actually looking towards mutual funds as their hedged bet into the world of variable investments. In order to fully understand how to invest in a mutual fund,
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Education Trends The ongoing unemployment crisis in this country has plagued Americans of all backgrounds and vocations looking to find a decently paying job in their field. But one demographic that has been hit particularly hard by unemployment is one that you might not expect. The Atlantic magazine reports that unemployment has been unusually rampant
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In desert regions water has been a critical commodity ever since Abraham’s herdsmen fought with Abimilech’s herdsmen over a well in Genesis 21:25. But in many places water has been abundant. Although, with the vast majority of water being either salt water, frozen in ice caps or polluted, the potable water world-wide is only a small percentage of
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