Archive for the ‘Finance’ Category

Car Insurance. Uninsured Cars To Be Crushed

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Michael Challiner asked: Are you one of the one in twenty motorists who regularly drive without insurance? You'd better watch out - your car could be heading for the crusher and shipped off to the world's biggest scrap smelter in China!New powers now allow the police to seize, impound and ...

Tax Saving Strategies For Tax Certificate Investors

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Drew Miles asked: The first step in moving yourself from the "uneducated" tax system to the "educated" tax system is to have your own business. I've got great news; Tax Certificate Investing is a business.Many new investors don't capitalize on this distinction and they grossly overpay their income taxes as ...

Comparing The Forex With Investing In Insurance

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Gerald Mason asked: Investing in Forex is more risky but the gains that can be achieved are a lot larger than insurance, although insurance is a very good long term investment.While there are innumerable kinds of life insurance available, they can be simplified into two general types: those that insure ...

Job Losses Tell Us It’s Going to Get Worse

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Australasian Investment Review asked: There is one overriding message from the jobs bloodbath of this week.That is: this slowdown is going to be long, hard and tough and things are going to worsen.Indeed US brokers Merrill Lynch now says it thinks estimates for 2009 profits for US companies are still ...

How Much is Tax on Income, Tax Percentage Rates and Income Returns

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Terry Cartwright asked: x is deducted by an employer from the gross salary of an employee according to the inland revenue tax percentage applicable to those earnings taking into account personal tax allowances and reliefs available. Income Tax percentage rates for Employees All employers in the UK pay employees through ...

Home Ownership: the Greatest Financial Scam of the Twentieth Century

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Ouida Vincent asked: Robert Kiyosaki was the first and has been the only financial pundit to suggest that your home is not an asset. As they so often do, Kiyosaki?s statements fly in the face of prevailing financial wisdom.David Bach, author of Automatic Millionaire, not only says that your home ...

Texas Renters Insurance

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Russell Neal asked: Texas Renters Insurance offers benefits many fail to consider until after an incident involving property theft brings loss and pain to their lives. As most local news stations tend to focus on more violent crime and often neglect reporting incidents of home and apartment invasion, most people ...

Mortgages - How Lenders Work Out Affordability

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

James Copper asked: If you are thinking about purchasing a property it is first important to know how much you can afford to borrow. Mortgage Lenders traditionally used income multiples to work out this amount.If an applicant was earning 30,000 a year the lender would calculate that they could comfortably ...