As our economic outlook continues to be poor and as the stock market is in turmoil, stock investing has become increasingly difficult. Maintaining a solid investment portfolio can be hard work. One alternative to the difficult work of stock selection is to invest in mutual funds. With thousands of mutual funds to choose from, how … Read more
U.S. consumers will now benefit from better regulations that protect them from the deceptive practices many credit card companies use. The most clear cut benefit of these new federal regulations is the protection from many types of interest rate hikes and late fees. While these new rules were announced on December 18th, 2008, many consumers … Read more
What Consumers Want: General Insurance, Life Insurance and Pensions in Netherlands 2010 – Holding of general insurance products in the Netherlands is high, with holding of all but pet insurance considerably higher than the global averages.Overall holding of life insurance products in the Netherlands is below the global average.Pension holding in the Netherlands is significantly … Read more
It now seems highly likely that a new Directive dealing with the late payment of commercial debts will shortly be approved. It has already got the green light from The European Parliament. As a new Directive, it will replace the existing Late Payments Directive of 2000, and will seek to bring about a “decisive … Read more
Picture this, spending 30 seconds at an ATM machine and checking your orderly balance will answer the next question. Is your current Home Business Plan – cash flowing very well? And positioned carefully for 2010? Has the gas bill that’s literally doubled kept you and the family home a bit more these days? What if … Read more