Flexible funding is one element of ‘crowdfunding‘; a way of getting numerous small donations from various parties to build a larger investment pool to start a business, run a campaign, or complete some sort of project. Within crowdfunding, there are 2 main elements-fixed funding, and flexible funding. Fixed funding refers […]
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How to Choose The Most Suitable Car Insurance
Car insurance is one of those pesky things; you have no choice but to pay for it every month, and 99.99% of the time, you never even use it. Most people want to figure out how to buy the absolute cheapest insurance they can find – and in many respects, […]
Mistakes to Avoid When Purchasing Life Insurance
If your death would leave your family in a serious financial bind, life insurance can offer a degree of protection. It can help pay the mortgage or put your children through college. Like other insurance products, there are lots of options and fine print. The stakes are high and you […]
How to make Online Savings Accounts Work for You in Australia
Thinking about starting a savings account? That's great news - especially in a time when the cost of living is rising, and many Australians are living paycheque-to-paycheque. Here are 4 questions you should ask before getting started to make sure that your online savings account is working for you. 1) Is savings […]
Is It Better to Invest or Pay Off Debt?
Most people are in debt for most of their life. This debt takes over their finances every single month of every single year. Over the course of these people's lives, they find themselves always paying out to debt, and never really making a plan on how they will be able […]
Misconceptions about Novated Leases
Everyone knows someone who simply has to weigh in on every topic of conversation, regardless of whether or not they actually know anything about what is being discussed. Who knows why they do it. Maybe they think they know everything and want to share their wisdom. Maybe they are maliciously […]
Picking the Right Type of Currency Exchange Contract
The reasons for sending money abroad are probably as a varied as every conceivable currency pair available. From paying off mortgages to transferring funds overseas to one of your suppliers or manufactures, globalisation means international money transfers are going to become more and more frequent and common place. For the […]
Is Ecommerce a Safe Mode for Gold Trade?
Like every other goods sold on the internet nowadays, gold has become a commodity that is being increasingly traded through the online means. However, there is a huge difference between buying a pair of shoes from an online retailer and buying gold in its various forms from a reputed online […]
How to Grow Your Business while Maintaining Business Finances
Knowing how to balance the two priorities of growing your business and maintaining business finances can be difficult. It can be very easy for a business to get into difficulty in their early years, as they seek further investment or take out loans and business finances in order to pay […]
Is Body Parts Insurance a Phenomenon?
Celebrity and high profile people have been getting body part insurance for decades. This is when they insure a body part that is considered highly valuable or related to their livelihood. Celebrities have had insurance policies on everything from legs, to butts, to hands, to breast, and much more. Though […]
The Background Story of Binary Options
I first came across the word binaries while playing Scrabble. When my opponent put down the word ‘binaries’ I questioned its validity-and I lost. That was 10 years ago. Since that time there have been many more queries regarding the trading of binary options but now they are traded daily […]
Pros and Cons of Investing in Diamond Jewellery
With the banking crisis of the last couple of years, it seems everybody is being exceptionally prudent with their money and looking for safe stable investments. The price of gold has been on the up for a long time now, and some precious stones are very valuable as well. If […]