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		<title>Make money with PayPal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paypal is the dominant payment processor on the internet today. It is hard to go just two sites now without finding someone who accepts this as a form of payment, it has made buying things dangerously easy! So how do you flip the coin and make money using PayPal?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paypal is the dominant payment processor on the internet today. It is hard to go just two sites now without finding someone who accepts this as a form of payment, it has made buying things dangerously easy! So how do you flip the coin and make money using PayPal?</p>
<p>There are a few different options, let&#8217;s look at each in turn:</p>
<p>Blogging:</p>
<p>Blogging is the act of setting up a website with a blog installed on it (or using one of the free versions that host it for you) which enables you to quickly post your thoughts/articles online whenever you want.</p>
<p>The reason this has become so popular is because it takes away almost all of the technical aspects of creating a site (depending how much you want to customise you site). So a blog can now be installed with just a few clicks and then all posts made with a few clicks.</p>
<p>To make money using PayPal and your blog then you can either sell services, like doing reviews for people, maybe writing articles for them, or try affiliate marketing or even selling your own books through the blog. The blog is the way you advertise to people so that as they are drawn to the content on your blog they get to see your adverts for the other items and may buy.</p>
<p>Affiliate marketing:</p>
<p>This is the art of getting people to visit a specific site using your link. You place links on your blog to sites that you want to make money from and get people to click through those links and visit the sites, if they then buy something you get a percentage of that sale.</p>
<p>Most affiliate schemes pay by cheque or direct bank deposit, but paydotcom.com pays straight into your PayPal account!</p>
<p>An ecommerce store:</p>
<p>The barriers to entry on the internet are very low, so anyone can open a store now and start to sell items online without much capital invested.</p>
<p>Pick yourself a niche, find somewhere to get stock from (you could even dropship things where you take payment for an item and then pay another company some of that money and they ship the goods straight to the customer for you), get your website setup and start to get people to it who will hopefully buy something!</p>
<p>If you decide to do this then you can use PayPal as your main method of payment and get instant cash sent to you every time you make a sale.</p>
<p>These are just the top three methods I have touched upon, there are many more ways to make money using PayPal. I have reviewed the top 3 products which teach you exactly how to start making money online, click here to see the reviews.</p>
<p>Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Steve_J_Carter</p>
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		<title>The Power of Dividend Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many investors think of dividend-paying companies as boring, low-return investment opportunities. Compared to high-flying small-cap companies, whose volatility can be pretty exciting, dividend-paying stocks are usually more mature and predictable. Though this may be dull for some, the combination of a consistent dividend with an increasing stock price can offer an earnings potential powerful enough [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many investors think of dividend-paying companies as boring, low-return investment opportunities. Compared to high-flying small-cap companies, whose volatility can be pretty exciting, dividend-paying stocks are usually more mature and predictable. Though this may be dull for some, the combination of a consistent dividend with an increasing stock price can offer an earnings potential powerful enough to get excited about. </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>High Dividend Yield? <br /></strong>Understanding how to gauge dividend-paying companies can give us some insight into how dividends can pump up your return. A common perception is that a high dividend yield, indicating the dividend pays a fairly high percentage return on the stock price, is the most important measure; however, a yield that is considerably higher than that of other stocks in an industry may indicate not a good dividend but rather a depressed price (dividend yield = annual dividends per share/price per share). The suffering price, in turn, may signal a dividend cut or, worse, the elimination of the dividend. </p>
<p>The important indication of dividend power is not so much a high dividend yield but high company quality, which you can discover in its history of dividends increasing over time. If you are a long term investor, looking for such companies can be very rewarding. </p>
<p><strong>Dividend Payout Ratio <br /></strong>The dividend payout ratio, the proportion of company earnings allocated to paying dividends, further demonstrates that the source of dividend profitability works in combination with company growth. Therefore, if a company keeps a dividend payout ratio constant, say at 4%, but the company grows, that 4% begins to represent a larger and larger amount. (For instance, 4% of $40, which is $1.60, is higher than 4% of $20, which is $0.80). </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s demonstrate with an example: <br />Let&#8217;s say you invest $1,000 into Joe&rsquo;s Ice Cream company by buying 10 shares, each at $100 per share. It&#8217;s a well-managed firm that has a P/E ratio of 10, and a payout ratio of 10%, which amounts to a dividend of $1 per share. That&#8217;s decent, but nothing to write home about since you receive only a measly 1% of your investment as dividend. </p>
<p>However, because Joe is such a great manager, the company expands steadily, and after several years, the stock price is around $200. The payout ratio, however, has remained constant at 10%, and so has the P/E ratio (at 10); therefore, you are now receiving 10% of $20 in earnings, or $2 per share. As earnings increase, so does the dividend payment, even though the payout ratio remains constant. Since you paid $100 per share, your effective dividend yield is now 2%, up from the original 1%. </p>
<p>Now, fast forward a decade: Joe&#8217;s Ice Cream Company enjoys great success as more and more North Americans gravitate to hot, sunny climates. The stock price keeps appreciating and now sits at $150 after splitting 2 for 1 three times. (If you are uncertain about share splits, check out Understanding Stock Splits.) This means your initial $1,000 investment in 10 shares has grown to 80 shares (20, then 40, and now 80 shares) worth a total of $12,000. If the payout ratio remains the same and we continue to assume a constant P/E of 10, you now receive 10% of earnings ($1,200) or $120, which is 12% of your initial investment! So, even though Joe&#8217;s dividend payout ratio did not change, because he has grown his company the dividends alone rendered an excellent return&#8211;they drastically expanded the total return you got, along with the capital appreciation. </p>
<p>For decades, many investors have been using this dividend-focused strategy by buying shares in household names such as Coca-Cola, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Kellogg, and General Electric. In the example above we showed how lucrative a static dividend payout can be; imagine the earning power of a company that grows so much as to increase its payout. In fact, this is what Johnson &amp; Johnson did every year for 38 years (since 1966)! If you had bought the stock in the early 1970s, the dividend yield that you would have earned between then and now on your initial shares would&rsquo;ve grown approximately 12% annually. By 2004, your earnings from dividends alone would have given a 48% annual return on your initial shares!</p>
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		<title>Google AdSense</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AdSense is an ad serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image and, more recently, video advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-thousand-impressions basis. Google is also currently beta-testing a cost-per-action based service.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>AdSense</b> is an ad serving program run by <a title="Google" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google">Google</a>. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image and, more recently, video advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a <a title="Cost Per Click" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_Per_Click">per-click</a> or <a title="Cost Per Impression" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_Per_Impression">per-thousand-impressions</a> basis. Google is also currently beta-testing a <a title="Cost Per Action" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_Per_Action">cost-per-action</a> based service.</p>
<p>Google utilizes its search technology to serve ads based on website content, the user&#8217;s geographical location, and other factors. Those wanting to advertise with Google&#8217;s targeted ad system may sign up through AdWords. AdSense has become a popular method of placing advertising on a website because the ads are less intrusive than most banners, and the content of the ads is often relevant to the website.</p>
<p>It currently uses JavaScript code to incorporate the advertisements into a participating site. If it is included on a site which has not yet been crawled by the Mediabot, it will temporarily display advertisements for charitable causes known as public service announcements (PSAs). (Note that the Mediabot is a separate crawler from the Googlebot that maintains Google&#8217;s search index.)</p>
<p>Many sites use AdSense to monetize their content and some webmasters work hard to maximize their own AdSense income. They do this in three ways:</p>
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<li>They use a wide range of traffic generating techniques including but not limited to online advertising.
<li>They build valuable content on their sites; content which attracts AdSense ads and which pay out the most when they get clicked.
<li>They use copy on their websites that encourage clicks on ads. Note that Google prohibits people from using phrases like &#8220;Click on my AdSense ads&#8221; to increase click rates. Phrases accepted are &#8220;Sponsored Links&#8221; and &#8220;Advertisements&#8221;. </li>
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<p>The source of all AdSense income is the AdWords program which in turn has a complex pricing model based on a <a title="Vickrey auction" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickrey_auction">Vickrey</a> second price auction, in that it commands an advertiser to submit a sealed bid (not observable by competitors). Additionally, for any given click received, advertisers only pay one bid increment above the second-highest bid.</p>
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		<title>Mutual Funds versus Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article discusses the relative advantages of stocks and mutual funds. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article discusses the relative advantages of stocks and mutual funds. </p>
<p>Question: <em>What advantages do mutual funds offer over stocks? </em></p>
<p>Here are some considerations. <br />A mutual fund offers a great deal of diversification starting with the very first dollar invested, because a mutual fund may own tens or hundreds of different securities. This diversification helps reduce the risk of loss because even if any one holding tanks, the overall value doesn&#8217;t drop by much. If you&#8217;re buying individual stocks, you can&#8217;t get much diversity unless you have $10K or so. <br />Small sums of money get you much further in mutual funds than in stocks. First, you can set up an automatic investment plan with many fund companies that lets you put in as little as $50 per month. Second, the commissions for stock purchases will be higher than the cost of buying no-load funds <img src='http://selfprofit.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> (Of course, the fund&#8217;s various expenses like commissions are already taken out of the NAV). Smaller sized purchases of stocks will have relatively high commissions on a percentage basis, although with the $10 trade becoming common, this is a bit less of a concern than it once was. <br />You can exit a fund without getting caught on the bid/ask spread. <br />Funds provide a cheap and easy method for reinvesting dividends. <br />Last but most certainly not least, when you buy a fund you&#8217;re in essence hiring a professional to manage your money for you. That professional is (presumably) monitoring the economy and the markets to adjust the fund&#8217;s holdings appropriately. </p>
<p>Question: <em>Do stocks have any advantages compared to mutual funds? </em></p>
<p>Here are some considerations that will help you judge. <br />The opposite of the diversification issue: If you own just one stock and it doubles, you are up 100%. If a mutual fund owns 50 stocks and one doubles, it is up 2%. On the other hand, if you own just one stock and it drops in half, you are down 50% but the mutual fund is down 1%. Cuts both ways. <br />If you hold your stocks several years, you aren&#8217;t nicked a 1% or so management fee every year (although some brokerage firms charge if there aren&#8217;t enough trades). <br />You can take your profits when you want to and won&#8217;t inadvertently buy a tax liability. (This refers to the common practice among funds of distributing capital gains around November or December of each year.&nbsp; <br />You can do a covered write option strategy.&nbsp; <br />You can structure your portfolio differently from any existing mutual fund portfolio. (Although with the current universe of funds I&#8217;m not certain what could possibly be missing out there!) <br />You can buy smaller cap stocks which aren&#8217;t suitable for mutual funds to invest in. <br />You have a potential profit opportunity by shorting stocks. (You cannot, in general, short mutual funds.) <br />The argument is offered that the funds have a &#8220;herd&#8221; mentality and they all end up owning the same stocks. You may be able to pick stocks better.</p>
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		<title>Mutual Funds - Money-Market Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A money-market fund (MMF) is a mutual fund, although a very special type of one. The goal of a money-market fund is to preserve principal while yielding a modest return. These funds try very, very, very hard to maintain a net asset value (NAV) of exactly $1.00. Basically, the companies try to make these feel [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A money-market fund (MMF) is a <strong>mutual fund</strong>, although a very special type of one. The goal of a <strong>money-market fund</strong> is to preserve principal while yielding a modest return. These funds try very, very, very hard to maintain a net asset value (NAV) of exactly $1.00. Basically, the companies try to make these feel like a high-yield bank account, although one should never forget that the <strong>money-market fund</strong> has no insurance against loss. </p>
<p>The NAV stays at $1 for (at least) three reasons: <br />The underlying securities in a MMF are very short-term <strong>money market</strong> instruments. Usually maturing in 60 days or less, but always less than 180 days. They suffer very little price fluctuation. <br />To the extent that they do fluctuate, the <strong>fund</strong> plays some (legal) accounting games (which are available because the securities are <br />Advertisement<br />so close to maturity and because they fluctuate fairly little) with how the securities are valued, making it easier to maintain the NAV at $1. <br />MMFs declare dividends daily, though they are only paid out monthly. If you totally cash in your MMF in the middle of the month, you&#8217;ll receive the cumulative declared dividends from the 1st of the month to when you sold out. If you only partially redeem, the dividends declared on the sold shares will simply be part of what you see at the end of the month. This is part of why the fund&#8217;s interest income doesn&#8217;t raise the NAV. </p>
<p>MMFs remaining at a $1 NAV is not advantageous in the sense that it reduces your taxes (in fact, it&#8217;s the opposite), it&#8217;s advantageous in the sense that it saves you from having to track your basis and compute and report your gain/loss every single time you redeem MMF shares, which would be a huge pain, since many (most?) people use MMFs as checking accounts of a sort. The $1 NAV has nothing to do with being able to redeem shares quickly. The shareholders of an MMF could deposit money and never touch it again, and it would have no effect on the ability of the MMF to maintain a $1 NAV. </p>
<p>Like any other mutual fund, a money-market fund has professional management, has some expenses, etc. The return is usually slightly more than banks pay on demand deposits, and perhaps a bit less than a bank will pay on a 6-month CD. <strong>Money-market funds</strong> invest in short-term (e.g., 30-day) securities from companies or governments that are highly liquid and low risk. If you have a cash balance with a brokerage house, it&#8217;s most likely stashed in a money-market fund.</p>
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		<title>Real Estate - 12 Steps to Buying a Home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do you want to make a change? Are you ready to start a family, plant your own garden? Do you feel you&#8217;ve finally &#8220;arrived&#8221; at your company? Maybe a raise, or a bonus, or a baby on the way has made you think about living in a home of your own. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do you want to make a change? Are you ready to start a family, plant your own garden? Do you feel you&#8217;ve finally &#8220;arrived&#8221; at your company? Maybe a raise, or a bonus, or a baby on the way has made you think about living in a home of your own. </p>
<p>Whatever the reason you are thinking about a home, there are 12 steps you will inevitably take. If you do them in the right order, you will save yourself time, frustration, and money. For example, if you start shopping for homes on the Internet without knowing how much you can spend, you will not only waste time looking at the wrong homes, but you may ultimately be disappointed at what you can actually afford. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Find out how much you can spend </strong></font></p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is figure out what kind of home you want to buy and how much you can afford to pay in monthly installments. <br />Advertisement</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the results of your calculations will only be an estimate. Until you have chosen a home and the type of loan you want, and communicated with a lender, you can only use the calculated amount to help you determine a price range of homes you want to preview. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="4"><strong>Get pre-approved for a loan </strong></font></p>
<p>Either go to a mortgage broker or a direct lender and find out for certain the size of mortgage for which you can qualify. The pre-approval letter the lender issues you will help you be taken more seriously by agents and sellers because they will recognize you as someone who is prepared to buy. If you want a larger mortgage or better rate, investigate the government sites such as HUD. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="4"><strong>Hire an agent, particularly a buyer&#8217;s agent </strong></font></p>
<p>Using an agent can help you in numerous ways, especially because you are already paying for those services in the purchase price of the home. Both the seller&#8217;s agent and the buyer&#8217;s agent are paid out of the transaction proceeds that are included in the marketing price of the home. If you don&#8217;t take advantage of an agent, you are paying for services you aren&#8217;t getting. If you are planning to buy a home available through foreclosure or a for-sale-by-owner (FSBO), you can still use the services of an agent. Agents will negotiate with you on their fees and the amount of service you will receive for those fees, and you can arrange for them to be paid out of the transaction, not out of your pocket. </p>
<p>Start by narrowing the field. If you are interested in a certain neighborhood in your town, find out who the experts are in that area of town. They will be better informed and more attuned to the &#8220;grapevine,&#8221; and are better positioned to network with other agents in the same area. Contrary to popular belief only 20 percent of homes are actually sold through newspaper ads. The other 80 percent are sold through networking among agents. If you are relocating to a new city, ask agents in your own town to refer you to agents in your new area. They will be happy to do so, because if you buy a home from their referral, they will receive a referral fee, so they are motivated to make certain you find the right agent to assist you in buying a home. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Sign a buyer&#8217;s agreement </strong></font></p>
<p>Again, if you find an agent you like, go all the way and sign a buyer&#8217;s representation agreement. This agreement means that you will have one agent representing you as a buyer. The agreement empowers the agent to not only search out the latest Multiple Listing Service list, but to seek alternative means of finding you a home, including searching foreclosures and homes for sale by owner. With a signed agreement, the agent becomes a fiduciary and must act, by law, in your best interests. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="4"><strong>Be aware of your likes and dislikes </strong></font></p>
<p>As you shop for homes, keep in mind what you like and don&#8217;t like and pass along your feelings to the agent. You should feel comfortable looking at numerous homes, but neither you nor your agent is interested in wasting time on homes that aren&#8217;t appropriate. Like any relationship, your home will not be perfect. If you are finding that most of your criteria is met, it shouldn&#8217;t be long before you find the right home. Think in terms of possibilities as well as what you see is what you get. Perhaps a home isn&#8217;t move-in perfect, but with a little work it could be the home for you. Don&#8217;t let cosmetic or minor remodeling problems discourage you. Many remodeling jobs add tremendous value to a home. If you remodel a kitchen, for example, you may receive as much as a 128 percent return on your investment. Talk with your agent, friends, relatives, and contractors and find out what it will cost to remodel the home the way you want it. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Write a contract </strong></font></p>
<p>When you find the home you want, you will write a contract, either through your agent or your attorney, or on your own. Your offer should spell out what you are willing to pay for and what you are not, when you want to close, and when you want to take possession of the home. Your contract should be contingent upon getting an inspection and evaluating the results. If the inspection reveals a big problem, you and the seller can renegotiate the purchase price if you are still interested in buying. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Get the loan underway </strong></font></p>
<p>As soon as the seller agrees to the contract, you must start following through on your loan. Take the contract to the lender and let it start the loan process in earnest. If you have been preapproved, much of the legwork has already been done and your loan will process more quickly. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>The home will be appraised </strong></font></p>
<p>The lender will arrange to have the home appraised, which may affect whether the loan is granted. But the likelihood of a homeselling for more than a lender is willing to lend is slim. The real estate industry not only keeps up with how quickly homes sell, but how much they sell for in an area. Most lenders will have a ceiling on the amount of square feet per home they will lend in a certain neighborhood. If a home is overpriced, it will quickly be obvious. You can then go back to the seller and renegotiate. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="4"><strong>The home is inspected </strong></font></p>
<p>In many markets, you will have the inspection after the contract is signed, rather than before. This is a better protection for the buyer. The inspection can reveal some nasty shocks, though. Your inspector may find a major problem with the furnace or the foundation. These are problems that must be fixed or the home cannot be conveyed. The seller then has to arrange to pay for the repairs, or have the repairs paid for out of the contract proceeds via a mechanic&#8217;s lien. Before you can truly set the closing date, the repairs have to be made and approved by the buyer. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Negotiations continue as you get ready to move </strong></font></p>
<p>As you find a mover, pack your things, and arrange days off a work around the closing date, you will find that things can still change. It is the most intense, nerve-wracking time of the transaction &#8212; waiting for the other shoe to drop. You think you may have addressed all the issues and closing will proceed without any other hitches, but negotiations still continue as you reevaluate the inspection report, or find out the chandelier you thought was included is actually excluded from the contract. As you revisit the home to show your relatives, your hopes raise, even through your doubts that the home will ever be yours increase. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="4"><strong>Closing &#8212; be prepared for anything to happen </strong></font></p>
<p>Until closing, and even during closing, anything can happen. You find out that your closing costs are higher than you thought they would be because some additional service fees have been added by the lender. A glitch could come out in your credit report that delays the sale; a problem the owner was supposed to fix wasn&#8217;t repaired in time; the homeowner can decide that she or he doesn&#8217;t want to pay for the home warranty after all; the appraisal may come in the day before closing and be short of the asking price of the home. If so, the buyer, seller, and their agents have to figure out how to make up the shortfall. Do they lower the price of the home? Do the agents pay for the difference out of their commissions? How will last-minute problems be handled? The negotiating table is an emotionally explosive place. That is why closings are generally held in private rooms with the buyers and sellers separated. </p>
<p><font face="Verdana" color="#ff0000" size="4"><strong>You get the keys </strong></font></p>
<p>It&#8217;s all over. The home is yours. Congratulations.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article lists the most common investment fund types. A type of fund is typically characterized by its investment strategy (i.e., its goals). For example, a fund manager might set a goal of generating income, or growing the capital, or just about anything. (Of course they don&#8217;t usually set a goal of losing money, even though that might be one of the easist goals to achieve :-). If you understand the types of funds, you will have a decent grasp on how funds invest their money. </p>
<p>When choosing a fund, it&#8217;s important to make sure that the fund&#8217;s goals align fawell with your own. Your selection will depend on your investment strategy, tax situation, and many other factors. </p>
<h3>Money-market funds </h3>
<p>Goal: preserve principal while yielding a modest return. </p>
<p>These funds are a very special sort of mutual fund. They invest in short-term securities that pay a modest rate of interest and are very safe. </p>
<h3>Balanced Funds </h3>
<p>Goal: grow the principal and generate income. These funds buy both stocks and bonds. Because the investments are highly diversified, investors reduce their market risk . </p>
<h3>Index funds </h3>
<p>Goal: match the performance of the markets. An index fund essentially sinks its money into the market in a way determined by some market index and does almost no further trading. This might be a bond or a <strong>stock</strong> index. For example, a stock index fund based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average would buy shares in the 30 stocks that make up the Dow, only buying or selling shares as needed to invest new money or to cash out investors. The advantage of an index fund is the very low expenses. After all, it doesn&#8217;t cost much to run one. . </p>
<h3>Pure bond funds </h3>
<p>Bond funds buy bonds issued by many different types of companies. A few varieties are listed here, but please note that the boundaries are rarely as cut-and-dried as I&#8217;ve listed here. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Bond (or &#8220;Income&#8221;) funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: generate income while preserving principal as much as possible. These funds invest in medium- to long-term bonds issued by corporations and governments. Variations on this type of fund include <strong>corporate bond</strong> funds and government bond funds.&nbsp; Holding long-term bonds opens the owner to the risk that interest rates may increase, dropping the value of the bond. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Tax-free Bond Funds (aka Tax-Free Income or Municipal Bond Funds)</strong></font> <br />Goal: generate <strong>tax-free income</strong> while preserving principal as much as possible. These funds buy bonds issued by municipalities. Income from these securities are not subject to US federal income tax. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Junk (or &#8220;High-yield&#8221;) bond funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: generate as much income as possible. These funds buy bonds with ratings that are quite a bit lower than high-quality corporate and government bonds, hence the common name &#8220;junk.&#8221; Because the risk of default on <strong>junk bonds</strong> is high when compared to high-quality bonds, these funds have an added degree of volatility and risk. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Pure stock funds</strong></font> <br />Stock funds buy shares in many different types of companies. A few varieties are listed here, but please note that the boundaries are rarely as cut-and-dried as I&#8217;ve listed here. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Aggressive growth funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: capital growth; dividend income is neglected. These funds buy shares in companies that have the potential for explosive growth (these companies never pay dividends). Of course such shares also have the potential to go bankrupt suddenly, so these funds tend to have high price volatility. For example, an actively managed aggressive-growth <strong>stock</strong> fund might seek to buy the initial offerings of small companies, possibly selling them again very quickly for big profits. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Growth funds <br /></strong></font>Goal: capital growth, but consider some dividend income. These <strong>funds</strong> buy shares in companies that are growing rapidly but are probably not going to go out of business too quickly. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Growth and Income funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: Grow the principal and generate some income. These <strong>funds</strong> buy shares in companies that have modest prospect for growth and pay nice dividend yields. The canonical example of a company that pays a fat dividend without growing much was a utility company, but with the onset of deregulation and competition, I&#8217;m not sure of a good example anymore. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Sector funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: Invest in a specific industry (e.g., telecommunications). These funds allow the small investor to invest in a highly select industry. The funds usually aim for growth. </p>
<p>Another way of categorizing <strong>stock funds</strong> is by the size of the companies they invest in, as measured by the market capitalization, usually abbreviated as market cap.&nbsp; The three main categories: </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong><font size="3">1. Small cap stock funds</font> <br /></strong></font>These funds buy shares of small companies. Think new IPOs. The stock prices for these companies tend to be highly volatile, and the companies never (ever) pay a dividend. You may also find funds called micro cap, which invest in the smallest of publically traded companies. </p>
<p><strong>2. Mid cap stock funds</strong> <br />These <strong>funds</strong> buy shares of medium-size companies. The stock prices for these companies are less volatile than the small cap companies, but more volatile (and with greater potential for growth) than the large cap companies. </p>
<p><strong>3. Large cap stock funds</strong> <br />These <strong>funds</strong> buy shares of big companies. Think IBM. The stock prices for these companies tend to be relatively stable, and the companies may pay a decent dividend. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>International Funds</strong></font> <br />Goal: Invest in stocks or bonds of companies located outside the investor&#8217;s home country. There are many variations here. As a rule of thumb, a fund labeled &#8220;international&#8221; will buy only foreign securities. A &#8220;global&#8221; <strong>fund </strong>will likely spread its investments across domestic and foreign securities. A &#8220;regional&#8221; fund will concentrate on markets in one part of the world. And you might see &#8220;emerging&#8221; funds, which focus on developing countries and the securities listed on exchanges in those countries. </p>
<p>In the discussion above, we pretty much assumed that the funds would be investing in securities issued by U.S. companies. Of course any of the strategies and goals mentioned above might be pursued in any market. A risk in these funds that&#8217;s absent from domestic investments is currency risk. The exchange rate of the domestic currency to the foreign currency will fluctuate at the same time as the investment, which can easily increase &#8212; or reverse &#8212; substantial gains abroad. </p>
<p><font size="4"><strong>Fund of Funds <br /></strong></font>Goal: achieve diversification. A fund of funds, as the name suggests, is a mutual fund that holds shares of other mutual funds (stock funds, bond funds, maybe both). This is one way of achieving a high level of diversification. However, the expense ratio tends to be high since the fund must pay for itself as well as the expenses charged by the holdings. Further, because many mutual funds have similar holdings, buying shares in many different funds doesn&#8217;t always result in diversification of holdings. <br />Another important distinction for stock and <strong>bond funds</strong> is the difference between actively managed funds and index funds. An actively managed fund is run by an investment manager who seeks to &#8220;beat the market&#8221; by making trades during the course of the year. The debate over manged versus index funds is every bit the equal of the debate over load versus no-load funds. You decide yourself.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article offers a basic introduction to <strong>mutual funds</strong>. It can help you decide if a mutual fund might be a good choice for you as an investment. </p>
<p>If you visit a big fund company&#8217;s web site (e.g., <a href="http://www.vanguard.com/">www.vanguard.com</a>), they&#8217;ll tell you that a mutual fund is a pool of money from many investors that is used to pursue a specific objective. They&#8217;ll also hasten to point out that the pool of money is managed by an investment professional. A prospectus (see below) for any fund should tell you that a <strong>mutual fund</strong> is a management investment company. But in a nutshell, a mutual fund is a way for the little guy to invest in, well, almost anything. The most common varieties of <strong>mutual funds</strong> invest in stocks or bonds of US companies. (Please see articles elsewhere in this FAQ for basic explanations of stocks and bonds.) </p>
<p>First let us address the important issue: how little is our proverbial little guy or gal? Well, if you have $20 to save, you would probably be better advised to speak to your neighborhood bank about a savings account. Most <strong>mutual funds</strong> require an initial investment of at least $1,000. Exceptions to this rule generally require regular, monthly investments or buying the funds with IRA money. </p>
<p>Next, let&#8217;s clear up the matter of the prospectus, since that&#8217;s about the first thing you&#8217;ll receive if you call a fund company to request information. A prospectus is a legal document required by the SEC that explains to you exactly what you&#8217;re getting yourself into by sending money to a management investment company, also known as buying into a <strong>mutual fund</strong>. The information most useful to you immediately will be the list of fees, i.e., exactly what you will be charged for having your money managed by that mutual fund. The prospectus also discloses things like the strategy taken by that fund, risks that are associated with that strategy, etc. etc. Have a look at one, you&#8217;ll quickly see that securities lawyers don&#8217;t write prose that&#8217;s any more comprehensible than other lawyers. </p>
<p>The worth of an investment with an open-end <strong>mutual fund</strong> is quoted in terms of net asset value. Basically, this is the investment company&#8217;s best assessment of the value of a share in their fund, and is what you see listed in the paper. They use the daily closing price of all securities held by the fund, subtract some amount for liabilities, divide the result by the number of outstanding shares and Poof! you have the NAV. The fund company will sell you shares at that price (don&#8217;t forget about any sales charge, see below) or will buy back your shares at that price (possibly less some fee). </p>
<p>Although boring, you really should understand the basics of fund structure before you buy into them, mostly because you&#8217;re going to be charged various fees depending on that structure. All funds are either closed-end or open-end funds (explanation to follow). The open-end funds may be further categorized into load funds and no-load funds. Confusingly, an open-end fund may be described as &#8220;closed&#8221; but don&#8217;t mistake that for closed-end. </p>
<p>A closed-end fund looks much like a stock of a publically traded company: it&#8217;s traded on some stock exchange, you buy or sell shares in the fund through a broker just like a stock (including paying a commission), the price fluctuates in response to the fund&#8217;s performance and (very important) what people are willing to pay for it. Also like a publically traded company, only a fixed number of shares are available. </p>
<p>An open-end fund is the most common variety of mutual fund. Both existing and new investors may add any amount of money they want to the fund. In other words, there is no limit to the number of shares in the fund. Investors buy and sell shares usually by dealing directly with the fund company, not with any exchange. The price fluctuates in response to the value of the investments made by the fund, but the fund company values the shares on its own; investor sentiment about the fund is not considered. </p>
<p>An open-end <strong>mutual&nbsp;fund</strong> may be a load fund or no-load fund. An open-end fund that charges a fee to purchase shares in the fund is called a load fund. The fee is called a sales load, hence the name. The sales load may be as low as 1% of the amount you&#8217;re investing, or as high as 9%. An open-end fund that charges no fee to purchase shares in the fund is called a no-load fund. </p>
<p>Which is better? The debate of load versus no-load has consumed ridiculous amounts of paper (not to mention net bandwidth), and I don&#8217;t know the answer either. Look, the fund is going to charge you something to manage your money, so you should consider the sales load in the context of all fees charged by a fund over the long run, then make up your own mind. In general you will want to minimize your total expenses, because expenses will diminish any returns that the fund achieves. </p>
<p>One wrinkle you may encounter is a &#8220;closed&#8221; open-end fund. An open-end fund (may be a load or a <strong>no-load fund</strong>, doesn&#8217;t matter) may be referred to as &#8220;closed.&#8221; This means that the investment company decided at some point in time to accept no new investors to that fund. However, all investors who owned shares before that point in time are permitted to add to their <strong>investments</strong>. (In a nutshell: if you were in before, you can get in deeper, but if you missed the cutoff date, it&#8217;s too late.) </p>
<p>While looking at various <strong>funds</strong>, you may encounter a statistic labeled the &#8220;turnover ratio.&#8221; This is quite simply the percentage of the portfolio that is sold out completely and issues of new securities bought versus what is still held. In other words, what level of trading activity is initiated by the manager of the fund. This can affect the capital gains as well as the actual expenses the fund will incur.</p>
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Sure you know what’s auction. But do you know by buying foreclosure in auction, you can actually earn up to 100,000USD; or save up to that amount if you are buying a foreclosure home for residential purpose? Of cause, those profits happen with the conditions you have the resources needed. 
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<div align="justify"><span class="contents">Sure you know what’s auction. But do you know by <strong>buying foreclosure</strong> in auction, you can actually earn up to 100,000USD; or save up to that amount if you are buying a foreclosure home for residential purpose? Of cause, those profits happen with the conditions you have the resources needed. </span></div>
<p class="head1"><font size="4"><strong>Foreclosure Auction - Why is it a fortune?</strong></font></p>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents"><em>Foreclosure properties</em> are being sold for its loan balance but not its market price. Thus, buying great foreclosure bargains in auction is not about how much you afford to pay, it? �? �s about how much you know about that property. Do research before stepping in the court house is very important. Find out the true value of a <strong>foreclosure</strong> home and the loan balance so that you know what your bidding limit is. </span></div>
<p class="head1"><font size="5"><strong>Foreclosure Auction - Hot to win?</strong></font></p>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents">To win in auction, you need skills and info. You need to first find out the market value as well as other details of the foreclosure home. Knowing those things help you in setting your bottom line, your bottom line of bidding price. Because to win in auction, it doesn’t mean how less money you spend to get the property, but how big is the difference between your bidding price and the market value of a <strong>foreclosure home</strong>.</span></div>
<p class="head1"><font size="5"><strong>Foreclosure Auction - Setting a bottom line</strong></font></p>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents">Set a bottom line for yourself based on your research. If the market value of the <u>foreclosure home</u> is 150,000, your bottom line would be around 130,000. (Lesser down your bottom line a bit from the market value in case of some calculation mistakes or changes of the market.) Stick to your bottom line in auction and be sure you stick to it as the auction environment is intense and it will somehow affect your emotion resulting you to put a wrong bid. </span></div>
<p class="head1"><span class="contents">There is no short cut for winning in <strong><em>foreclosure home auction</em></strong>. You will need to research and research to gather info as much as possible. Yes, it? �? �s not easy at all to win in foreclosure auction. However, the good news is, it? �? �s not that hard too to win. As long as you have the persistence, you will win. </span></p>
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Foreclosure listings do have their pros and cons. To get the foreclosure listings, make sure you are clear on the services foreclosure listings providers offering, as well as your rights and theirs, meaning term and conditions. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="header2">Advantages &amp; Disadvantages of Foreclosure Listings </h2>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents"><strong>Foreclosure</strong> listings do have their pros and cons. To get the foreclosure listings, make sure you are clear on the services foreclosure listings providers offering, as well as your rights and theirs, meaning term and conditions. </span></div>
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<h2 class="header2">Advantages of Foreclosure Listings</h2>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents">It is extremely clear that foreclosure listings helps ease the process of purchasing foreclosure homes within mouse clicks which nonetheless also helps save time and money. Foreclosure listings entitles you to have the opportunity to purchase an inexpensive home that is within your budget, suits your home criteria, taste and lifestyle and also helps save up to 50% in foreclosure purchases. </span></div>
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<div align="justify"><span class="contents">With these foreclosure listings that provide detailed relevant descriptions, you do not even need to leave your room because everything is available online. You do not need to travel far to get the info on a foreclosure property. </span></p>
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<div align="justify"><span class="contents">Details are so detailed, <strong><em>foreclosure information</em></strong>, neighbourhood information, sales history, tax information and also the contact information. These examples are only the major categories of the details and there is more detailed info. Those information is very important while making an offer to the house owner. If you are lucky, you might even stand a chance of buying a new foreclosure home whereby new foreclosure homes are not as easy to identify and rarely appear on national lists. For investors, foreclosure listings serves as a platform to good investments because making money on a foreclosure home is so profitable. </span></div>
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<h2 class="header2">Disadvantages of Foreclosure Listings</h2>
<div align="justify"><span class="contents">However, until recently, the hard part of purchasing these homes is finding <u>foreclosures</u> that are not available for sale. And because these listings are in high demand and are available so easily via the internet as well as accessible to millions of people, one may end up finding out that the property is being contracted before you even receive the list. And because real estate investors are generally always searching for foreclosure listings, most of the cheap properties will be usually picked up by them before hand. </span></div>
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<div align="justify"><span class="contents">On the other hand, some foreclosure listings are not updated on a regular basis. Therefore it is always recommended to spend and <strong><em>invest in foreclosure</em></strong> listings that do give results after researching the foreclosure listings provider. </span></div>
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