Bob Benson's Articles in Finance

  • A Needle in a Haystack
    Wisdom is needed when making choices in life… especially when making financial choices!
  • An Overview Of Purchase Protection Insurance
    Many people are not aware of the insurance that many credit card companies provide their credit card holders; it is called purchase protection insurance
  • Avoiding Bank Fees
    Occasionally many of us will experience the dread of a bounced check, this will result in an abundance of fee’s that include an overdraft charge and a fee for the bounced check with the bank alone.
  • Avoiding Closing Costs When Buying a Home
    Most homebuyers – especially those doing it for the first time – are faced with a tough challenge when it comes to closing costs
  • Bankruptcy Alternatives Explained
    There are many steps you can take in efforts to improve your credit, eliminate your debt, and avoid bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy Explained
    Whether or not we want it to or mean it to, often times our debt can become out of hand, to the point that we can no longer control it
  • Becoming A Landlord: Things To Consider First
    Being a landlord is certainly a great way to make more money in the real estate business, because as a landowner who can also generate income through rental and lease agreements, you can often increase your earning power significantly.
  • Business Banking Explained
    No matter where you are within your business, just beginning or have been in business for many years, one thing remains the same; your business needs a banking institution that is solid and great for businesses
  • Buy At Wholesale For the Best Deal Available
    Consumers looking for a great buy on a product are often drawn to sales at their local department store, retail chain, or factory outlet. Indeed, discounts of ten to fifty percent even more are possible it you hit these stores at the right time and the exact product is available when you shop.
  • Can Debt Negotiation Work For You?
    If you owe monies to several lenders are finding it difficult to keep up with payments, then perhaps some form of debt negotiation could work for you. What is debt negotiation and how is it accomplished? Keep reading and we’ll take a look at what can be achieved via debt negotiation.
  • Checking Accounts For Couples
    It was not very long ago that when a couple were married their finances became merged and everything was as one
  • Construction Projects and Gas Prices: Plan your budget accordingly
    If you have a construction project planned, you may want to adjust your projections to include the impact that will be felt from rising gasoline prices.
  • Finance Finding Online Lenders
    There are a few things you should consider when you are looking for an online lender. These tips are things you should look for carefully and completely prior to making any decision to work with a specific online lender
  • Financial Plan your way to success
    Financial planning is often considered a boring strategy used by our parents to manage our money. For a long time, financial planning was considered the way to manage one’s money because it helped people keep track of money coming in and going out
  • Five Budget Tips to Help You Save
    Saving money is much easier than earning it from scratch. But it is also much harder than it is to spend money, and as a result, most of us spend what we would rather save. In order to begin saving money, we need to have a plan, and the more automatic the plan works, the better.
  • Following Stock Tips
    When everyone you are around is chatting about the hottest stocks, it can be hard to resist investing in that stock
  • Four ideas you can take to the bank!
    If only you could snap your fingers and find that you have increased your income! It may not be that easy, but it is easier than you think to increase your income!
  • Free Checking Accounts Are The Right Way To Bank
    Banking fees certainly have been climbing over the years. Today it is common to hear about banks charging $35 for one returned check, $20 for a money transfer, $125 for a consumer loan application, and $12 per month for checking. Fortunately, some financial institutions are wising and realizing that customers do not want to over run with fees. While many of the charges I mentioned won’t go away, checking account fees can if you follow a few simple rules.
  • Full Service versus Discount Stock Brokers
    Investing in the stock market has become more popular than ever. And especially since brokerage services now offer Internet transactions that can be placed from home, work, or from the local cyber café; individuals have begun investing for themselves without the help of a full-service broker
  • Home Refinancing Post Personal Bankruptcy
    You filed for bankruptcy and after what seemed to be a lengthy time your application was granted by the courts. Fortunately, you were able to keep your house and most of your other debts including credit cards and one personal loan were discharged.
  • How To Save Money While On Vacation
    A holiday does not have to cost you an arm and a leg if you know how to look for and take full advantage of the many exciting money saving offers that are available to you throughout the internet.
  • Index Funds Explained
    We have all heard of the familiar indices such as the Dow Jones Industrials or the S&P 500, but we don’t necessarily know how they relate to us as investors.
  • Inflation: Public Enemy Number 1
    When our grandparents were working they could earn a decent living, pay for a house, a car, seven children, and still have money to put in the bank
  • Investing in Socially Conscious Stocks
    You may want to be socially conscious and do the right thing, both in your own community and in the larger global community
  • Leverage Balance Transfers
    The competition is alive and well between credit card companies, every company is working hard to invent new and exciting ways of attracting applicants to apply for a credit card with their company
  • Leveraging Property to Buy Property
    Many lucky homeowners are using equity they gained during the recent bull market in real estate to purchase second homes.
  • Making Wise Choices When Faced With Expenses
    Sometimes we make decisions in life that affect our finances in an adverse way. Perhaps we do not do it intentionally, but an emergency or that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity come our way and for the following months we find ourselves strapped for cash because our debts have outstripped our income
  • Money Saving Tips For Your Next Vacation
    If you are in the middle of planning your next vacation, likely you are giving some thought to ways you can curtail your costs. Vacations should be an enjoyable and relaxing time but not at the cost of straining your budget.
  • Online Banking Explained
    Life has become so busy and so hectic that we find ourselves rarely having time to eat, let alone visit the bank
  • Paper Certificates or Street Ownership? Is one safer?
    When you buy stock in a publicly traded company, you become a shareholder and are entitled to own a stock certificate of ownership, if the company issues those. In the past, some of these certificates have become collectible works of art or memorabilia, as companies put extra effort into producing attractive looking documents.

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