Alan's Finance Blog

Advantages & Disadvantages of Foreign Currency Current Accounts

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:16:29 +0000

Most people need to open a bank account in order to handle their daily monetary transactions. Many employers now directly deposit paychecks into employee’s bank accounts. People who write checks or who use their debit card to make payments need to have a bank account. This is why young adults open a basic bank account [...] Related posts:

US Dollar VS Gold: Epic Money Battle

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:06:23 +0000

By: Jim Willie CB, GoldenJackass.com The so-called Global Financial Crisis is a term so widely used that it has earned its own acronym of GFC. When first seen, it seemed like girl friend club or some such, since many friends use GF loosely to refer to sweethearts. The GFC is falsely named, since it is [...] Related posts:

Annuities are Grabbing Attention of Retired Individuals

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:52 +0000

Every working individual is bound to make his/her retirement plans right from the time when he/she will be entering into the working sector. There are some retirees who start making retirement plans a couple of years before quitting work. However, those who are wiser and smarter would always prefer to start researching a bit earlier [...] Related posts:

How to Handle an Economic Implosion

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:53:53 +0000

By Elliott Wave International I came across some research on the subject of worry. Here’s how it was presented: Things People Worry About: things that never happen – 40% things which did happen that worrying can’t undo – 30% needless health worries – 12% petty, miscellaneous worries – 10% real, legitimate worries – 8% Of [...] Related posts:

Making Your Investments Work for You

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:00:07 +0000

Investing isn’t just a luxury of the rich anymore, but a necessity of the working class. The financial buffers that are there for our parents may not be there for us and investing money is the only way to naturally create a steady increase in existing money over time. Stocks When most people think of [...] Related posts:

Secure your Retirement Life with Lifetime Annuities

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:29 +0000

What is keeping you so worried these days? Are you afraid that the savings you have accumulated after years of hard work would go in vain if you step in for a wrong pension plan? With lifetime annuity plans at your disposal there is little to worry. The pension schemes have arrived to justify all [...] Related posts:

Call This Financial Repression? Really?

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:33:40 +0000

By: Adrian Ash, BullionVault Financial repression this ain’t. Not unless you like playing victim… ALL OF a sudden, everyone’s talking about financial repression – the capture and torture of domestic savers with below-inflation rates of interest, so that banking and government debt shrinks in real terms. “Such policies,” explains economic historian and author Carmen Reinhart [...] Related posts:

Obama’s Pretzel Logic

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:14:23 +0000

As this fall’s presidential election takes shape as a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the rhetoric out of both camps is becoming sharper and more ideological. Looking to exploit Governor Romney’s increasingly close association with Wisconsin representative Paul Ryan (who has been mentioned as a potential vice presidential nominee), the President dedicated a [...] Related posts:

Don’t Catch Recovery Fever

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:41:34 +0000

By Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals Gold has been holding steady in the the $1,600-$1,800 band since early October. This could be attributed to consolidation after last summer’s historic run up to $1,895, but I think this wait-and-see attitude reflects current market sentiment toward the US dollar. In fact, the first few [...] Related posts:

The Malaysian Rice Company That’s Poised for Steady Growth

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:26:15 +0000

By Jeff D. Opdyke, Editor, The Sovereign Individual Dear Sovereign Investor, Even before the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan breached the Great Wall of China in the 13th century, rice was a commodity of paramount importance to Asia. Nothing has changed all these centuries later. Well, actually, one thing has changed … the political importance [...] Related posts: