Archive for November, 2006
Top Five Homeowners Insurance Tips
Your home is likely your most valuable asset–make sure you protect it. While insurance agents will help determine the kind of coverage you can buy, it is ultimately your responsibility to know what the policy covers. 1. Review your policies annually. A walk-through of your coverage needs with your agent may identify other coverages (i.e., [...]
How To Save Hundreds of Dollars In 15 Minutes
We are always looking for ways to save money and some of those methods are harder to implement than others. I’m sure many of you have heard others talk about getting a discount on things like your telephone, cable or satellite service by calling them up. If you have not tried this before you are [...]
Investment Returns Are Not Always What They Seem
Checking past returns on investment options is an important part of our finance routine. When preparing to make a new investment we look at what the fund has done in different time frames, whether it is MTD, the past quarter, YTD, 10-year or since inception. We use this information to compare performance with its peers [...]
Do It For Yourself And By Yourself, But Do It, And Do It Now
These words from Ben Stein’s latest column at Yahoo! Finance sum up the philosophy of the great Milton Friedman, who died at the age of 94 earlier this month. We are surrounded by information and commentary on the state of the economy and the future of programs such as Social Security and Medicare and whether [...]
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