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If you’re one of those people who have to wait to collect the payroll to pay the rent or mortgage, pay bills and even shopping are a severe problem because

you live a day. Even if you think the blame is on your salary or how costly it is to live emancipated, the fact is that the responsibility is yours for not knowing how to manage your finances.

As we ‘ve been able to guess, your case has a solution and make it possible to live comfortably. Basically you have to decide to leave this situation and make decisions about your expenses and income.

The main thing is to know that will not be easy, but once you do decide to get it. The first thing you do is increase your income, and the second cut costs.

Reduce expenses by more simple than you think, you have to do is analyze how you spend more and try to reduce that figure, usually spend more on dining out, drinks or in the movies. Surely you can find many things to do that you do not report many expenses.

To increase revenue the only way is to work more overtime or find a hobby that can report you income. It is also a good idea to sell items that do not use the Internet or something similar.

Edit your financial situation is not difficult once you get to live comfortably you can begin to ask yourself a savings strategy that will lead to a life without financial worries.

Whenever we create our own business or with a partner, we understand perfectly and make it clear that we want to do, without exaggerating our definition to impress our partner or to create us a false picture of the business. We should always know what we will do without lying or lying to anyone.

It is very important to know that whatever we invest in are physical assets, so we must be sure that is what we have in both their own machinery of our business, as small things like a chair in an office and even up a pen, all this comes into physical assets and inventory.

Do not lose the list of physical assets and which is of great value, so we take it as a record, and these really show us what we really need and how much better our business and if there will be a good functioning of this.

A good implementation of the physical asset, will grow our business without any problem, because you know what the needs of the market.

Age is a factor that has a significant influence on the design of the investment strategy. Define what stage you are and make a critical path to achieving your goals.

Everyone desires to be done, but what are in each specific case? That depends on the interests and lifestyle with which each person feels comfortable and, of course, age or financial life cycle that is, which basically involves three phases:

- Stage of accumulation (25 to 35)
Marks the beginning of working life and that is when the assets are acquired major (auto and home), are investing more in vocational education, families are formed and, therefore, also planned the education of children. Because of his age, these investors have a profile aggressively, which means they are willing to take more risks in exchange for higher returns. However, the profile may be limited depending on the financial goals you want to achieve and the date they plan to do so. Tip: the shorter time should be more moderate investment portfolio and the greater the savings effort to achieve it.

- Stage of consolidation and stability (35 to 55)
Usually, at this stage is reached the maximum level of income, so that it reaches beyond spending, freeing cash to spend on financial investment. You start planning your retreat, ideally auque start a savings plan for this purpose from the previous stage, because it reduces the need for personal savings effort for this, to benefit from compound-interest income, which can be obtained in the long term. The investor of this age is located in a profile between aggressive and heritage.

- Stage of destocking (55 over)
Start to working life, tend to decrease revenue and expenditure must be set the task was easier because the children probably ended his career. The energy is focused on generating financial revenues to allow a withdrawal to ensure the continuity of lifestyle has been taken so far. The investment profile of this age is between equity and conservative.

“There is an investment fund for each goal you envision in the different periods”

As you can see, the age a factor that has a significant influence on the type of goals you want to specify, but also in designing the investment strategy to be followed. For example, a 25 years old, single, view individual short term targets (car, vacation wardrobe gadgets, etc.). In contrast, a 35 years old, married, have individual goals but also family goals with investment horizons of medium and long term (financial plan to cover their children’s college education or starting a business, etc.). Read the rest of this entry »

The Financial Instrument of Transfer of credit and the fifth is one of the most practical and accepted, with respect to payments, even though it poses as a product of hard and credit to a certain sense, intrusive. Yet more and more employees make use of this tool, which allows, almost always, the granting of a loan, also in periods of rigidity in the credit markets as well as general lean on employment, gross domestic product, the income, the banking market and real estate and so on.

The fifth of the proceeds of the sale, as delegate to the loan payment, so it is always granted by local banks or other entities that open credit lines (credit institutions, credit intermediation and brokerage agencies, funding agencies and so on) for the simple reason that provides a secure mechanism for payment. In fact, according to data published by dell’Assofin, as regards the sector of consumer credit in recent months (but already in 2008), and granted the donations made through the sale of salary have grown exponentially. The institution, therefore, reported an increase during the first quarter of this year, 25% of disbursements thus granted, and a consequent decrease of those classics, or home users of personal loans, which have fallen well ten percentage points in total (again with reference to the first quarter of 2009).

The boom of this trend is perhaps easy to understand, and is closely related to two phenomena already mentioned above: the general crisis and the consequent fear of direct banks and other entities operating in credit products, quickly turned into a rigidity about the funding. So Cupame Giancarlo, President of Assocred (or the National Association of Lending Products Distributors) says his data confirm this: “Unfortunately, the sale of the fifth is becoming the way of escape for those that arrive later this month with their pay and that’s all [...] It is also a result of the credit squeeze by banks, a policy that does not guarantee the credit because we share the natural system helps the entire country.”

But why so successful a solution? Why the creditor protection, the debtor, going to pick up, monthly – with the permission of the employer of the beneficiary – the share of pay to settle the debt, as required by the contract. In short, as a loan sure, but hard as heavy direct salary of the employee (preferably permanent).

You notice signs saying: “Transfer your balance to credit card and get 0% APR away!” Sounds tempting, but there’s a catch behind it? It is incredible that the credit card companies would give credit for free non-profit.

You notice signs saying: “Transfer your balance to credit card and get 0% APR away!” Sounds tempting, but there’s a catch behind it? It is incredible that the credit card companies would give credit for free non-profit. Well, you’re probably right as you explore the following before applying:

It is only a limited time offered

this means that you enjoy your April 0% only for a specified period, usually between six and twelve months. During this period, all amounts charged to your card will not accrue in interest. However, once this period is over, the credit card companies are in charge at a rate of interest that can be higher than usual. In fact, there have been cases in which these interest rates have soared to as high as 20%.

April how you can benefit from 0%?

If you are disciplined enough, you can take advantage of its benefits 0% APR. All you need do is make arrangements to pay your purchases in monthly installments during the period April to 0%. Therefore, if you transfer your balance of $ 1000 to your new credit card and break your repayments over a period of 4 months, only pay $ 250 for the next 4 months – interest free!

Read the fine print

Credit card companies usually will provide a set of terms and conditions in small print at the use of their credit cards. Most people do not read this, and get into a lot of debt when they start to overspend. If you go through the fine print, you will find information on the period of 0% APR or balance transfers allowed. There have been cases in which only 0% APR offers for new credit card charges and not for balance transfers. Apart from that, the processing charges may be incurred for these transactions, something you should know before making a decision. Read the rest of this entry »