January, 2010

Affordable Health Insurance is Easy to Find

The Great Health Insurance Odyssey Deciding upon a particular health insurance plan for you may seem like a difficult task. Go to the internet to get many quotes from various providers. All you need to do is give some basic information before you start getting quotes while at home. Regardless of what you think, this does not ...

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Making The Move To Community Banks

Fed up with your "too-big-to-fail" bank? Well, you can always downsize. That's the message of the "Move Your Money" campaign, which urges big-bank customers to switch to community banks. But what's it like to actually make the switch, and could this movement ever register as more than a blip on a big bank's radar? ...

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Unmarried Couples can be protected by Cohabitation Agreements

When unwedded bliss just isn’t enough . . . Cohabitation agreements are growing in popularity. Unmarried couples that live together combine assets and finances and are entering into legal agreements to protect both parties. Understanding what cohabitation agreements are can provide valuable financial insights for all unmarried couples who live together. What is a cohabitation agreement? A cohabitation ...

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2009 Dividend Income Summary

2009 was a rough year for dividend income. For the past couple years I have been tracking a 30-50% growth rate in dividend income, but 2009 was the first year our dividend income actually shrank despite a net increase in stock holdings for the year. Its largerly explained by the dividend cuts ...

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The End of Year might not be so Sweet for World Stock Markets

Hardship leads to opportunity [caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Photo: topnews.in"][/caption] March, 2009 marked a low point in the global economy including world stocks. The gains have been great on the stock exchanges since that point despite continued economic struggles across the globe. The Associated Press reports that many markets topped 50 percent gains from March through year-end ...

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