Google Announces Launch of Nexus One Mobile Phone: Top Android Finance Apps for 2009
Posted on January 5th, 2010
Today Google announced the long awaited, much tweeted-about Google phone, the Nexus One, which will be the first smart-phone to be running the Google Android mobile platform on Google built phone hardware. Many believe that by building their own phone, Google, like Apple, will be able to really highlight the potential of their operating system.
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Top Android Finance Apps
To celebrate the release of this new phone, we have decided to release a list of the the top finance applications on Android.
Life Insurance ? Why Your Policy Should Be Written In Trust
Posted on January 5th, 2010
One of the UK’s biggest life insurance companies recently pointed out that only 1% of life insurance policies are written in trust. This should not be the case ? and in this article we explain why.
By having your policy ?Written in Trust?, it means that if a claim is made, the beneficiaries named on the policy receive the payout directly. If you’re not in the know, then you could be forgiven for not understanding the significance of this. The life insurance companies, however, should know better.
If the life insurance policy is ?Written in Trust?, the payout in the event of a claim will not be subject to inheritance tax because it never becomes part of your legal estate. The
Borrow Money with a Short Term Loan
Posted on January 4th, 2010
Do you need to borrow money with a short term loan? These are best to use when you need to get cash quickly and there are many lending companies that will be more than happy to help you. You have to make sure that you pay the loan back when you are supposed to as you don’t want to end up with too much debt. Not many people like to borrow money from friends and family, so rather make a small loan or what they call “bridging finance”. Bridg
Break-Even-Or-Better Investing Strategy!
Posted on January 4th, 2010
The Break-even-or-better strategy is designed to either (1) show a profit for the year or, (2) at least, show no loss.
How:
A portfolio invested in 1 year Treasury bills, purchased at a discount and
maturing at face value provides the cash, through the interest earned, to purchase (hopefully) attractively priced options.
Results:
Best case: If an investor is good at picking the right options on the right stocks
that rise or fall a good distance during the life of the options, the profits
can be significant.
What Happened To Rebate Checks?
Posted on January 4th, 2010
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been noticing an increasing trend lately that I’m not completely on-board with yet. Retailers who use rebates to lure us in are moving from a paper check to a prepaid debit card, and it’s not just retailers, either. Unemployment checks are on the decline, Instead, unemployment offices seem to be handing out reloadable debit cards when an applicant has been awarded unemployment. Each time they get paid, the card is loaded rather then cutting a check or sending a direct deposit.
After researching this a little more, I found a great article on why companies are doing this over at creditcards.com. You can
What would you call the previous decade?
Posted on January 4th, 2010
What would you call the previous decade? ‘The 00s’ or ‘the Aughts’? Concerning the latter, that’s what the 1900s were called. (True, it’s hardly a phrase that rolls off one’s lips. Maybe, given the rise of mobile technology, we should call the 00s ‘The Apps’ ?)
Of course, factors other than economics play a role in a decade’s short-hand identifier, but in the modern era ‘the economic’ dimension has carried the day more than a few times. Read more…