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The Motley Fool
June 30, 2004 |
What's Your Down Payment? Learn to determine how much you should put down when buying a home.   |
AskMen.com
Ryan Ortega |
Money Moves To Make Now Financial advisers provide long-term plans and ideas for financial success. In the meantime, here are seven simple money moves you can make right now. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2005 |
What's Your Down Payment? If you're wondering what percentage of what you're paying for a house should be your down payment, know that there's no single best amount, and it will likely vary according to your situation. |
InsideFlyer
January 2007 |
Small Business Credit Cards Small business credit cards not only help you pay for business related expenses, but they also provide a myriad of benefits. |
Bank Technology News
March 2007
John Adams |
Payments: Automation is Washing Money Orders Away Prepaid cards are the new vehicle of choice among the unbanked who have long endured high money order fees. Payments firms better take note. |
Inc.
December 2005
Amy Feldman |
Surviving the Squeeze Longer payment periods don't have to be cash-flow killers. These five steps can help you get payments moving smoothly again. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Relax Between Paychecks In the world of the self-employed, it's usually feast or famine. Here are money tips to better manage a sporadic income. |
AskMen.com
Terence Channon |
Manage Monthly Cash Flow Applying these common business cash-flow management techniques can help you manage your personal finances and monthly cash flow. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Negative Amortization Trap Negative amortization loans are the only way some homeowners can buy their homes, but they present a trap for the unwary. Only by managing your finances carefully can you avoid a potentially disastrous result. |
Entrepreneur
May 2006
David Worrell |
Sound Structure There are plenty of strategies you can use to fund your business's growth. The trick is picking the one that suits your company best. |
Entrepreneur
April 2008 |
Start Your Engines Auto manufacturers' websites, as well as independent companies to help you shop and compare the latest incentives, discounts and deals to figure out how much you'll need to fund your company vehicles. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Mollie Neal |
Small Businesses Need New Bootstraps Not immune to the sub-prime mortgage collapse, many small businesses are finding their best sources of capital -- home equity financing and credit card debt -- have dried up. Here are some ideas. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2006 |
Your Down-Payment Portion Don't put down 20% on your new home unless it makes sense for you. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2004 |
Balance Sheet Basics Understanding the balance sheet can help you understand your investments. |
Inc.
October 2008 |
Cleaning Up Your Credit Here are four tips for lowering your interest rate and improving your credit score. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
New Credit Card Rules The good, the bad and what you should be doing with your credit card accounts now that Congress has passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act. |
Entrepreneur
February 2006
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
On Good Terms With short-term interest rates going up, now's the time for small businesses to trim financing costs by cutting back on adjustable-rate loans. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Cracking the Accounting Code Financial statements are less confusing and more informative than you think. By learning to make sense of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows, you can put some profitable ideas in your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Get Good Credit Habits Use your credit card's powers for good, not evil. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2005
Kathy Yakal |
Quicken Medical Expense Manager This financial program is based on a great idea: the consolidation of medical expenses and insurance payments. Unfortunately, the first version is too bare-bones. |
Bank Technology News
February 2009
Bob Craig |
Virtual Collections Lead to Reduced Loan Charge-offs With consumer delinquencies on the rise across-the-board, smart financial institutions are employing innovative, virtual collections technology to decrease charge-offs and have a significant impact on their income statements. |
Entrepreneur
December 2004
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Coming Up Short Short-term financing could help your company overcome temporary setbacks or cash-flow issues. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2009 |
3 Ways You Must Protect Your Credit Now Your credit is under assault. Do what you can to keep it. |
InsideFlyer
February 2005 |
The Taxman Cometh Nobody enjoys forking over hard-earned wages to the government. But if you're going to do it anyway, you might as well earn some frequent flyer miles while you're at it. Use your credit card. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Ortega |
Can I Afford: A House? There are three important tests that will help you determine whether you can really afford a house: the housing ratio, debt obligation ratio and down payment percentage. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Mary Dalrymple |
Small Payments, Big Commitment Think before you fall for an attractive low payment on a longer-term loan. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow Credit offers make you think that you can have whatever your heart desires, no matter what your financial situation happens to be. While it's easy to lay blame for rampant debt levels on business, it's not realistic to expect businesses to protect you from yourself. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2004
David Drickhamer |
Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Deadline Looms for Consolidating Loans If you've got a bunch of student loans, consider consolidating them. You have until June 30 to do so at the current low-low-low interest rates. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Pay Less on Your Student Loans Should you consolidate your loans? Take the time to understand all the pros and cons before you choose what to do. |
AskMen.com
Corey Weiner |
Use Credit Cards Like A Pro Here are a few ways to ensure that you use your credit cards wisely, and to benefit from them as well. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006 |
When Debt Is Good Mortgage good, credit card debt bad. Investors, it's similar with companies. If a sizable chunk of income won't be eaten up by debt payment obligations, that means more flexibility and more opportunity. Still, you needn't balk at the first sight of debt. Just evaluate it carefully. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
College Refinancing 101 After the gold rush of mid-2006, consolidating old student loans is no longer a slam dunk. Here's what financial planners can do to help. |
IndustryWeek
May 16, 2012
Alan Beaulieu |
No Time for Uncertainty Healthy activity in consumer durable goods providing positive economic signals |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
College Loans Say Uncle The new law excluding banks from making federal education loans should be a PLUS for borrowers who can now turn to the Bank of Uncle Sam. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Battling for Payday Loans A ban on military payday loans keeps underpaid soldiers even more short of cash. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
M&T Bank's Rude Alt-Awakening If Alt-A loans hurt M&T's earnings, what should we expect from similar lenders? Investors, the answer will be different for each. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Time Is On Their Side Helping your younger financial advisory clients enjoy their youth and still stock up for an uncertain future can require diligent, hands-on planning. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Consolidate Those Loans Right Now! Save money on your student loans by locking in a low rate. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Inverted Yield Curve and You: Part 2 Here is how investors can capitalize on the current interest rate environment. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Dadush, Dasgupta, & Ratha |
The Role of Short-Term Debt in Recent Crises The 1990s witnessed a boom in short-term lending by international banks to developing countries that lasted until Asia's financial crisis erupted in 1997. By 1997, nearly 60 percent of all outstanding international bank claims on developing countries had a remaining maturity of less than one year. |
Entrepreneur
December 2006
Chris Penttila |
Small-Business Answer Book Get the answers to your crucial business questions in the last of a three-part series. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
Stan Luxenberg |
Are Bond Funds Still Attractive? Advisors who are kicking the tires of bond funds these days might be entering the market too late. |
AskMen.com
October 29, 2000
Luis Rodrigues |
Why Are You Always Broke? You have a well-paying job, but month after month you find that you just don't have enough money to make the car payments, fill up the gas tank or pay the rent. Makes you wonder where all your money disappeared to, doesn't it? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2008
Christopher G. Hurn |
SBA Solutions In the hyper-competitive commercial real estate marketplace, successful brokers and agents can utilize a relatively little-known financing source to help clients secure the ideal property for their needs, the Small Business Administration 504 loan program. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Anne Tergesen |
Home Loans with Bells and Whistles Some new twists on mortgages offer more flexibility -- for a price. |
Entrepreneur
January 2002
Mark Henricks |
No Long-Term Parking Keep it moving! Your products belong on the shelves, not in a warehouse---and retailers won't have it any other way. The twin trends of lean retailing and product proliferation impact manufacturers. |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
The Motley Fool
November 8, 2004 |
Fools Save Half a Billion What could happen if you don't have short-term savings? Avoid these unpleasantries by taking these five steps to establish your own cash cushion. |
