Archive for August, 2008

Commercial Paper - What Are they & Economic Affects

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

In the United States, the term commercial paper refers to promissory notes that have a fixed maturity of less than two hundred seventy days. These negotiable instruments are issued by corporations or banking institutions in exchange for capital that can be used to meet short term financial obligations such as ...

Quick Sale- The Step Before Foreclosure

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

In today's economic climate, anyone with a basic grasp of financial terms knows what a foreclosure is, and how America is currently facing a credit crunch due to the record number of home owners defaulting on their loans. What many people are unaware of, however, is the steps which precede ...

Credit Card Interest Rates

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

If you apply for and are accepted for a credit card, you will have to deal with credit card interest rates. A credit card’s interest rate is how card issuers – the people or organization giving you the card and credit – earn their revenue. When a person uses a ...

Using a Credit Card Wisely

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Let’s get one thing straight. Even though this article is about using credit cards wisely, credit cards still have redeeming qualities. One such quality is convenience. They come in quite handily when carrying larger sums of cash is out of the question, you are provided with a full record of ...