Dollar Cost Averaging

Written by Alexander Clunies on April 17, 2011 – 1:25 pm

Dollar-cost averaging is a common method of investing for the long term.

If you’ve been burned before by buying high and selling low, you may want to think about placing your investments on cruise control with dollar-cost averaging.

Dollar-cost averaging is the practice of investing a set amount each month in a particular investment vehicle. As the share price of your investment fluctuates, so will the number of shares your set amount buys. Sometimes you will pay more and sometimes the stock or mutual fund will decrease in financial worth, allowing you to purchase more shares.

Americans set a record in 2004 for investing in IRAs and employer-sponsored savings plans, displaying a renewed interest in this old technique. Full Post…


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Allied Interstate Inc. Disciplined Again

Written by Amelia Gordon on April 12, 2011 – 10:42 pm

Debt collection agencies stoop to low levels at times to get their money. Many of these practices are illegal, not to mention immoral. Consumers are not always aware of their rights, and need to know that there is help and punishment for agencies that operate under these practices. Allied Interstate, a Minnesota based agency, has been caught in the act again. Apparently the first settlement the firm had to pay was not enough to make them stop their shady tactics.

For debtors contacting a debt lawyer is often their saving grace from companies who harass and abuse the person’s rights. Allied Interstate reportedly called people’s homes over and over again, even if they had the wrong number. Harassment apparently was not a word in their vocabulary. The

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Mid Cap Stocks

Written by Alexander Clunies on April 11, 2011 – 8:17 pm

The definition of a mid cap varies greatly depending upon who you ask. People may define mid-caps as being companies with a market capitalization between $1.5 billion and $5 billion. Others bump that number up a bit and define them being between $2 billion and $10 billion. In the end, it depends on exactly who you ask. Market capitalization, simply put, is the company’s stock price, multiplied by the number of shares outstanding. It is basically the value the market places on a company.

Large caps are commonly more exciting to some professionals because they are thought to be the safest and most trustworthy. The main assumption is blue chip stocks are strong and steady. But as Enron and others have let us see, that isn’t always the case. Full Post…


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How to Block Your Cell Phone Number When Calling A person

Written by Alexander Clunies on April 7, 2011 – 3:04 pm

As i look within the statistics and then judge the Google search words for this blog, one of the many larger search terms I find is “how to make use of MagicJack with the help of call blocker preventing or owner ID. ” In addition to I’ve nice thing and negative news. Legally, MagicJack has caller IDENTIFICATION and lacks call keeping. But there are many nifty absolutely free tricks you can actually do to get those options.

Since owner ID may be the easiest let’s let that happen first. MagicJack in essence keeps a good log of the incoming (and outgoing) phones. And quite simply you simply need to label all the numbers. Once all the numbers usually are labeled any time you get some sort of call from your number again you can actually identify that caller. Full Post…


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