I Love Reading Reviews
September 1, 2010 by Greg Fowler · Leave a Comment
I have been on a bit of a run lately with doing some upgrades around the house to my appliances, heating equipment and even my gadgets. I love reading reviews to see what other people thought or think of the items I am thinking of buying. The reviews are pretty important because they are from people that bought the item already and know if it is good or bad.
For example, if you go to any electronics website you will see tons of reviews and ratings from consumers. I was reading some digital camcorder reviews recently and they are a good case point. There are so features and facets to today gadgets like cell phones, digital cameras and lcd televisions that it is hard to stay on top of.
A Mother’s Tips for Moving to a New Home
August 31, 2010 by Marie Conklin · Leave a Comment
If you’re like many Americans, you move homes fairly regularly. In fact, more than 40 million Americans move every year, according to the Census Bureau. For many folks, moving is about getting into a bigger or better home. Whatever the reason, moving always brings stress and extra expense.
This month, I’m organizing my family’s move from Phoenix to Texas. We’re a family of re-locaters. With a husband in the service, I’ve gotten used to moving on a moment’s notice. But, with each move comes the task of organizing our junk much-treasured belongings, getting all the members of our family ready, scheduling appointments with Realtors, calling ahead to turn on utilities, figuring out car licensing, etc.
With each move I’ve made, I’ve learned a few things. Here are five h
Learning to Fail Fast
August 29, 2010 by John Garcia · Leave a Comment
Nobody likes to make mistakes. However, the simple reality of life is that at some point, all of us are going to be wrong, do something bad, or somehow screw something up. That’s just life, and it has been since we learned how to walk, write out the alphabet, and do calculus. We are going to make mistakes. The trick is to learn how to fail fast, so that you can get back to doing things right again. Let’s look at a couple examples and see how failing fast will help us earn more money and save more money.
Small Business
Imagine you are thinking about starting a small business. You
Is It Time To Ring Up This Telephone ETF?
August 28, 2010 by Gerald Conrad · Leave a Comment
In a market environment like this, investors looking to stash some cash in safe, high-yielding instruments could do a lot worse than the telecom sector.
It is certainly noteworthy that in the past month, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are both down about 4%, the shares of AT&T (NYSE: T), CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are all positive.
All of those stocks and others in the telecom space are backed my juicy dividend yields, making this sector a good bet for some outperformance in a trying environment such as this one.
For the trader looking to turn a boring sector into something a little more exciting, there is the ProShares Ultra Telecommunications ETF (NYSE: LTL), which is a doubled leveraged play on the Dow Jones Telecommunications.
The yield on LTL is decent at almost 2.5% and a bullish ascending triangle formation can be spotted on the chart.
5 Best Credit Cards for College Students
August 27, 2010 by Marie Conklin · Leave a Comment
Being away at school offers a plethora of spending opportunities. Some are to be expected, like books, groceries, rent, utilities and random university fees. And some, like hospital and auto expenses, are not so expected.
Usually such expenses might be covered by parents, but the dismal economy has made it so parents are often unable to contribute allowances to their college-aged children. And the truth is that student loans, even a PLUS Loan that’s supposed to cover the entire cost of education, including living expenses, can only pay for so much.
This is when most college students turn to credit cards and likewise expose themselves to the wonderful world of credit-card debt. Th