Sunday, December 21, 2008

Micro Credit

Micro Credit is a small loan given to unemployed youths or to poor entrepreneurs. Such loans are also given to people who live in poverty and are considered bankable. These section of people lack security and a stable income, as a result they are considered illegible to get conventional credit.Micro Credit was designed to eradicate poverty from the world.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Spreading out the “spreads” in Forex

Forex prices or quotes consist of a “bid” and “ask” price, as in other financial products. While bid is the price at which the dealer buys and the trader sells, ‘ask’ is the price at which the dealer will sell and the trader buys the currency of choice. The difference between the two is known as the “spread”, and the trader’s transaction cost. While the spread is a basic Forex term, new traders get easily confused by the concept and should rely on a good educational Forex source.

The value of the ‘pip’

Currencies are generally quoted to four decimal places. For example, the Euro/USD trades at 1.2400/1.2403. The last decimal place is known as the point or “pip”, the smallest value of the currency pair. For most currencies, the pip is 0.0001 of an exchange rate. If the EUR/USD change is from 1.2400 to 1.2402, the change in pip is 2. The spread used by brokers can vary, be it for one mini lot or manifold standard lots, each time a trade is placed. The spread paid on a standard lot for a 2-pip spread is 20 dollars. When these costs are reduced, trading profits naturally go up.

No loser even with a losing trade
By participating in a rebate program, a trader can receive back a portion of the spread paid for every trade. Such programs are offered by introducing brokers like Forex Trading Pal. This introducing broker offers a high rebate (0.5 pip on each lot traded) and sustains good relationships with well respected brokers.

Let us take the case of a trader with a 10,000-dollar account and an average 30 trades a month. Suppose one standard lot per trade is made, the trader takes home up to 5 dollars per trade. The transaction cost on a 2-pip spread thus works out to 600 dollars. The transaction cost with a 5-dollar rebate works out to 450 dollars, a saving indeed!
It is possible to get a rebate even in a losing trade since it is the overall volume traded and not the amount of winning or losing trades that is relevant to rebates. And now for a word of advice! Before committing to a broker, make sure you have educated yourself about the risks involved. If you have any questions, never hesitate to contact a financial advisor.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Reinsurance

Reinsurance is taken by an insurance company to protect itself from any risk of loss that it might incur from other insurance companies offering similar products and services. Re-insures offer insurance to insurance companies just as insurance companies provide insurance cover to policy holders. There are many reasons as to why such insurance is needed by an insurance company. They help in risk transfer, result predictions, managing cost of capital and and on.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Uneconomic Growth

Uneconomic growth is that aspect of an economy where decline in the value and style of life is created. Violation of economical environment causes changes in the social system which in turn affects economic growth. It is also a reflection of poor preparation of economic strategy. Many conventional economists argue that development that depends completely on tapping greater knowledge instead of working on increasing resource consumption is not eligible as uneconomic growth.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Passive Management

Passive management is the policy generally taken by a fund manager on his portfolios so that he can reduce operational cost. It is generally applied to the stock market industry as well as in bonds and hedge funds. Many investors find passive management as an unreasonable method of fund management.Barclay and State Street Corp. follows this method of management and Vanguard 500 is a passive management fund which is considered to be one of the biggest equity fund.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Bank Privacy

All banks are required and expected to protect the data of their clients.Bank privacy was introduced in the year 1934 under the Swiss Banking act and it had given birth to the concept of private banking.

There are many reasons for using banking privacy.They are used to conceal information from being leaked to friends,family members,employers and so on.They are also used to get protection from over-bearing,litigation,solicitation, but in spite of so many advantages it has often been criticized as a medium of secret economy.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Return on Capital

Return on Capital denotes how well a company yields cash in relation to the capital that he has invested in his business.It is the net income less tax after dividing capital investment which is often depicted in percentage. Monetary resource,shares,long term debt are used to calculate Return on Capital.
When return from capital is more than capital cost,value is said to be created but when it is less, value is said to be lost.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Balance of Payment

Balance of Payment is a measure of the amount that flows between a country and other countries.During a particular time period,this is used to sum up all international dealings.Export and import of good and services,capital,transfers ascertains the BOP.All debit made to outsiders and all credit received from outsiders are reflected in BOP.In short it points to a country's position.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Bond Market

The bond market is a financial market where the participants buy and sell evidences of indebtedness,usually in the form of bonds.Bond Market refers to the market government bond, because of its size,liquidity,lack of credit risk and, consequently, sensitivity to interest rates.Because of the opposite relationship between the evaluation and interest rates in slavery, the bond market of the obligations is often employed to indicate changes of interest rates or the shape of the curve of output.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Hedging

The hedges are a strategy,usually a certain form of the transaction,conceived to the minimum to reduce the exposure at the non desired risk of businesses.
The hedges consist of liquidating the non desired risk with those (of this type which calculated the actuarial value of the fire hazard) which has the capacity to take it.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

First Withdrawal Before Retirement..

The marvelous retirement and all events and experiments which come with it are a culminating point of a life hard labour, careful planning, and diligent economy. But while the act of the retirement exists in many forms your financial voyage during the retirement starts with a simple stage: shrinking of the money of saving of retirement.
The catch of your first withdrawal is one important moment in your retirement and should not be taken slightly.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Credit Risk

While financial institution face many problems, the main cause is directly related to the measure of credit relaxed for borrowers and counterparts, with poor risk management of booklet, or lack of attention to the changes of economic circumstances which can lead to a decline in solvency reputation of a bank.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

IRS

You can know somebody who did not pay their taxes with far in years, however with the constantly increasing rate of data processing, it is better if you come into contact with the IRS before they contact you.
If you request a reduction of penalty, you will have to prove a legitimate ground not to pay your taxes. If you do not pay your taxes, all can be risky, like a reduction in payment of work, social security or pension. They are good reasons to start to classify your taxes.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Experimental Finance

The purpose of experimental finance is to establish different market enviroments and to provide a lens which will analyze the behavior of an agent and the features of trading flows, price structure and return processes.We can make valid predictions and new theories by studying the behaviour of people in an artificial competitive market settings

Monday, August 11, 2008

Finding Cheap Loans

If you want to find a cheap UK loan it is often worth considering using a loan broker. This is because a loan broker will often have access to numerous loan plans with just one search. They will normally be able to find both tenants and homeowners the cheapest loan and will normally offer a free no obligation comparative loan search as part of their service. A loan broker can take into account your credit rating when conducting the search and can tailor your loan to suit your circumstances.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

The Fair Credit Reporting Act

FCRA allows you to repair your own credit report.This act came into effect in 1971, and it says that consumer has the right to dispute any information on their credit report and that the credit bureaus should investigate all consumer disputes.The credit bureaus must complete the investigations within a 30 -day period.If there are any information that cannot be verified , it must be deleted.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Intangible Asset

Intangible asset is an asset that is not physical in nature.It includes trademark, patent, business process, integrity, security and so on. These assets are the basic sources of risk.A number of intangible asset models have developed over the years. They are patent licensing & enforcement companies, reinsurers, market makers, investment research firms.The brand name of a company is seen as an indefinite asset, as it stays with the company as long as the company exists. Intangible assets do not have physical value but they are very useful for a firm, which can ultimately determine the success or failure of a company.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Finance Capital

Finance Capital is the fund that is provided by lenders to businesses so that they can purchase real capital like equipments for producing goods.Lenders provides this finance for a price i.e interest.Moreover it is the mechanism that represents wealth.It can also be obtained by producing more than what is immediately required and saving the surplus.There are various source of capitals like Project Finance, Share Capital, Retained Profit, Mortgage, Venture Capital.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Collection Agency

A collection agency is a business that collects payments on debts which are owed by individuals or businesses. They are the agents of the creditors, collecting debts for a fee or percentage of the total amount owed. Some agencies are referred as debt buyers who purchases debt for the full balance.This debts are generally sent to the creditors because they prefer it to remove them from their account receivable records. The difference between the collected amount and full value of the debt is then written off as a loss. They generally calls the debtor to inform him/her about his obigation to repay the debt. He also sometimes motivates debtors to pay off debt.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Reverse Mortgage US

To qualify for a reverse mortgage in the United States, the borrower must be at least 62 years of age. There are no nominal income or recognition requirements, but there are new requirements and homeowners should be certain that they qualify for the loan before they put substantial moment or money into the procedure. A pending failure which has not been finalized may, however, decelerate the procedure. Some types of dwellings, such as lower-value mobile homes, do not qualify. Before borrowing, applicants must try fiscal guidance from an origin which is approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Friday, February 8, 2008

How to fetch Business Credit

Getting financially help from a good and well-known Finance Company is really a good sign for a person who has just started a new business. Only few financial organizations are there to help you in office equipment leasing. Office equipment, Construction equipment and Equipment Financing are the main sectors where you need help. You performance in the Credit score would be considered while extending credits to you; your business performance would be counted too.

To achieve your goal you would have to work hard. Maintain you relationship faithfully with your financial partners so that they can rely on you. Whenever you need further help in future you would get help from them. Make your transactions clear and transparent and share all the progress of your business with your shareholders and business partners. Always mind it that your record in market would help to be a successful businessman.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Equity investment

We anticipate incomes from dividends and capital gain when the stock value rises.The process of buying and holding shares of stock by individuals to get such income is Equity investment. Sometimes it also referred to as acquisition of equity participation in a private company.Investment at the initial stages are referred to as venture capital investing, carrying higher risk.Individuals often held equities in the form of mutual funds or other forms of pooled investment.This allow the investors to diversify their funds as well obtain fund managing skills.