Exchange Traded Funds are created to gain broad market exposure, like mutual funds, that individual investors could not have achieved on their own. But built upon mutual funds, exchange traded funds actually combine different features of different types of mutual funds to make them available all in one single ETF, namely the valuation feature of open-end mutual funds and the tradability feature of closed-end funds.
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What Is A Checking Account?
You need a safe environment to keep your money that also allows you easy access to it.
This is where a checking account can help.
A checking account is an account that you have with a bank.
They hold your money and allow you to withdraw it, buy things with it and pay bills with it. The bank will issue you checks, a debit card and/or an ATM card. Your ATM card can only be used to withdraw cash from an ATM (automated teller machine) and your checks can only be used to make purchases or pay bills; your debit card can combine these conveniences and do both. Your debit card can be used like both a check and a ATM card. You can use it to make purchases at a store or online, as well as to draw cash out of an ATM. You may also be able to set up automatic withdraws in your checking account so that your bills as paid on a certain day each month, automatically.
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New Credit Card Act In Action – Effects of Not Paying in Full
I received my American Express Blue bill recently.
When I opened it up the bill looked a little different. To my surprise there was specific information that now appeared as a result of the new credit card rules from the Credit Card Act that took effect in February.
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Is It OK To Copy Your Children’s DVD’s
I’m not much of a DVD movie buyer.
Back in the day I would buy VHS movies that I liked. Most of them were watched frequently so the purchases were justified (I even wore a few out). But now that we are in the age of DVD (ok, we’re probably past that, but I’m a little slow to catch up to BluRay), I don’t really need DVD’s of my favorite movies. With cable and Netflix around I can always find something to watch and hardly get to any of the few DVD’s I already own.
But there’s one BIG exception – KIDS MOVIES!
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Do You Have What It Takes To Manage Your Money?
Do you have goals, dreams, and ambitions? Chances are you do, which brings me to my next question. Do you have a budget? If you don’t have a budget then the chances of you reaching those goals, dreams, and ambitions are smaller than if you had a financial road map to follow. Unfortunately, too many people attach negative connotations and misconceptions to what budgeting actually means for you.
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