Saving for a down payment on your first home will be an important part of creating wealth and building equity in your home. Your home is usually the largest investment you make in a lifetime and so the purchase and financing aspect is extremely important. A down payment for a home is used to minimize
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Saving for Down Payment on Your First Home
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February 6th, 2013Stocks ended mixed on Wednesday as the tech industry struggled. Despite the small changes on Wall Street today, the S&P 500 has now gained 6% so far this year and continues to push the equity market upward. European stocks fell to two-month lows ahead of an ECB meeting that could reveal concern over the economic
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February 6th, 2013Starting with investing is not a complicated process in itself; it’s as simple as walking in to a grocery store and buying what you want. Similarly with investing, you simply pick an investment and buy it. Except this isn’t a grocery store, you don’t want to buy the first thing that jumps into your view, you need
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February 5th, 2013We have now reached Week 6 of Personal Finance Resolution… congratulations on making it this far! Keeping a New Year’s Resolution into February is quite an accomplishment. Be sure to brush up on all of the previous issues if needed: Week 1: Assessing Your Current Financial Health Week 2: Setting Up a Budget Week 3:
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February 5th, 2013The major US indices ended higher on Tuesday and rebounded from yesterday’s losses. Dell Inc. (DELL) sparked much of this upward movement after agreeing to their buyout valued at $24.4 billion that will take the company private. Zynga (ZNGA) also …
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February 5th, 2013All different types of financial services companies offer IRAs. Banks, mutual fund companies, brokerages, and other investment firms offer IRAs in their various forms: Traditional, Roth, etc. Mutual fund companies, such as Fidelity and Vanguard, and banks, such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, offer their customers IRAs. IRAs can be opened through community
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