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Maura Neill, the blogger behind 365 Atlanta.com, was here this morning with a special guest.

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Posted February 10, 2011 by Hanna Silver under Financial News

The first 60 days of every year is known as RRSP season.  March 1, 2011 is the RRSP deadline when Canadians can make contributions to an RRSP and have it eligible for a tax deduction for the previous year (2010).  Before you make a RRSP contribution, here are some basics you need to know.

What is an RRSP?

The RRSP is a well-known account that has been around since 1957.  RRSP is short for Registered Retirement Savings Plan.  The plan is designed to help individuals save for retirement by giving them two tax benefits.  The first is a tax deduction and the second is tax deferred growth.  With these two benefits, RRSPs remain one of the best ways to save for retirement.

How much can you put into a RRSP?

There are two ways to figure out how much you can contribute to a RRSP.  Let’s start with the harder way. Basically, there is a formula to determining your RRSP contribution limit, which goes like this:

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Posted February 7, 2011 by Admin under Financial Guru

Are you trapped in your debts lately? Well do not worry; there are some avenues to help you out from bankruptcy. Filing for bankruptcy is not advisable at all since the black stamp stays on your record for ten long years.

Take the help from debt management services. It would help to improve your credit record within one and a half year and by the end of around four years you are completely relieved. The debt management counselor would advice you on how to cut down on your monthly expenses and use the saved money for loan repayment.

Then there are the debt consolidation services. These services will merge all your existing debts into one single loan. Many such companies would also sit with your creditors to help you in getting all the rebates or discounts available in a lending situation. Repayment would be much easier as there would be low late fees and less interest charges with the negotiation of bankruptcy management services with the creditors.

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Posted February 5, 2011 by John Wane under Financial News

If you’re a fan of receiving investment advice from two precocious infants, you can look forward to two new ads that E*Trade will roll out this Sunday for the Superbowl  featuring none other than the company’s signature talking babies.

For the fifth consecutive year, the online brokerage company’s affiliate, E*TRADE Securities LLC, will debut its Talking Baby Super Bowl advertisements during and immediately following Sunday’s big game. The company will also roll out a new social media campaign this month that will include real-time updates from the company mascot on social networking platforms Twitter and Facebook, and showcase a YouTube channel featuring the company’s most popular commercials and videos. The campaign will also feature E*Trade’s baby mail program, which allows viewers to send personalized talking baby messages to via telephone or email.

“We’re thrilled to be returning to the Super Bowl and are confident this will be our most memorable, most effective campaign yet,” said the company’s Chief Marketing Officer in a statement. “With estimates of 1

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Posted February 5, 2011 by Hanna Silver under Financial News

British Gas customers on a Dual Fuel tariff can get free loft or cavity wall insulation – both new and existing customers can apply.

British Gas Dual Fuel customers can apply to get loft or cavity wall insulation installed in their property for free. The offer is available to existing customers only but you should still be able to benefit if you are willing to switch.

Insulation can mean big savings on your energy bill so it’s an offer well worth investigating.

Read our article How to Insulate Your Home for Less to find out more about the benefits of insulating your property.

If you’re an existing British Gas Dual Fuel customer you simply need to register your interest on the British Gas website. You’ll then be contacted within 24 hours to arrange a survey to establish your home’s insulation requirements. Once this has been done you’ll be able to book the work in.

If you’re not a British Gas Dual Fuel customer at the moment but you’re willing to switch from your current supplier you can still take advantage of the offer.

To be eligible for the free work you need to switch to a British Gas Dual Fuel tariff before registering your interest for their free home insulation offer.

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Posted February 4, 2011 by Admin under Financial Guru

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has announced a major review of the current private sector pensions system in the UK, to be carried out by Lord John McFall, the former chairman of the Treasury Committee. NAPF were prompted into commissioning the report due to a recent poll that revealed 55 per cent of workers think that they hold insufficient retirement savings .

The review, entitled the Workplace Retirement Income Commission, and due to be completed by this October, will examine the problems faced by many young people who are facing a “long retirement spent in poverty,” and a lot of occupational pension schemes now providing less retirement income, according McFall.

A recent poll found that 79 per cent of respondents wanted a simpler pensions system, and also showed that keeping pension payments up-to-date is no longer a priority for many due to the economic climate, with 43 per cent of respondents claiming they could not afford to save for retirement. Read more…

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Posted February 3, 2011 by John Wane under Financial News

Negative amortization mortgages are basically a kind of adjustable rate mortgage. This means that rate of interest and your loan repayment can change every month. The negative amortization loans usually have low monthly payments and are more flexible.

As you have already understood, negative amortization loan has a few benefits. Several home owners opt for this because the monthly payments are lower than other types of loans and this makes additional interest payment possible. Moreover you will get the flexibility of deciding on lower or higher payments according you what you can afford. Moreover people qualify for negative amortization loans more easily than other kinds of loans.

However, the downside of negative amortization loan is if you pay the minimum payment due every month you stand the chance of losing equity in your property. Another drawback of negative amortization loan is you are likely to owe more money at the end of a month compared to what you did at the start of a month.

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Posted February 2, 2011 by John Wane under Financial News

The video is a Math tutorial which teaches about how to factorise quadratic equations. The video demonstrates with the use of an equation, a step by step procedure on how to factorise quadratic equations.

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Posted February 1, 2011 by Hanna Silver under Financial News