Bad Credit Debt Consolidation Loans

Written by Carrie Reeder


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Some of these companies are definitely worthrepparttar small monthly fee, and can save you much more than they charge. But, some of these companies are not legitimate and can take your monthly payments and keep them for a month or more before they make your payments (collecting interest onrepparttar 105543 money allrepparttar 105544 while), causing you to accrue late fees and possibly collections. These companies can actually cost you money and make your situation worse.

Be careful when searching for debt consolidation companies to work with. Make sure they are legitimate, long standing companies before you sign onrepparttar 105545 dotted line. To see our list of recommended debt consolidation lenders click onrepparttar 105546 link below.

Consolidating your debt can provide great relief and breathing room when it comes time to pay your bills. Sometimes, when you are up torepparttar 105547 hilt in debt, it can be so overwhelming just keeping up with your bills that it can be difficult to think about ways to start payingrepparttar 105548 debt down.

To see our list of recommended debt consolidation service companies, visit this page: http://www.abcloanguide.com/debtconsolidation.shtml.

Carrie Reeder is the owner of ABC Loan Guide. ABC Loan Guide is an informational loan website with informative articles related to many different types of loans. To see recommended, credible lenders and loan service companies, visit: http://www.abcloanguide.com/debtconsolidation.shtml


Offshore investing: spreading risk helps sleep

Written by Murray Priestley


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World funds tend to berepparttar safest foreign stock investments, but only because they typically lean on better-known U.S. stocks. Just examinerepparttar 100524 portfolio carefully to make sure they don’t mimic your U.S. holdings. Funds invested in small- to medium-sized companies are unlikely to duplicaterepparttar 100525 foreign investment component of domestic funds.

Foreign funds, onrepparttar 100526 other hand, invest mostly outsiderepparttar 100527 U.S. Whether they are relatively safe or risky depends onrepparttar 100528 countries in which they invest.

Advice: choose a fund withrepparttar 100529 best balance between countries and regions, or be very surerepparttar 100530 manager has a good record of moving in and out of regions profitably.

Country-specific funds invest in a single country or region. This type of concentration makes them particularly volatile – especially those that invest in emerging markets. If you pickrepparttar 100531 right country atrepparttar 100532 right time,repparttar 100533 returns can be substantial. Get it wrong and look for your head to be handed to you on a plate. These funds are forrepparttar 100534 most sophisticate investors only.

Emerging-markets funds arerepparttar 100535 most volatile, invested as they are in undeveloped regions subject to political upheaval, currency risk and corruption. These economies, such as Argentina’s in 2002, can collapse; governments can fall or be overthrown. Onrepparttar 100536 other hand, these regions have enormous growth potential. Adding a small sprinkling of emerging markets exposure to your portfolio could serve to lessen downturns in U.S. markets – but they are for long-term investors only, those who can wait for fallen markets to recover.

As always, of course,repparttar 100537 biggest risks carryrepparttar 100538 greatest potential for outstanding rewards; you simply require nerves of steel. The best course is to diversify well and sleep soundly at night.

Written & published by Murray Priestley, Managing Partner of Portofino Asset Management, private investment managers and publishers of the Portofino Report. http://www.portofinoasset.com/


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