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The Plague of Robo-signing

by Ankit Agarwal on March 13, 2012

2008 was a bad year: The economy floundered under an oppressive recession, the national debt sky-rocketed, unemployment ballooned and homes were being foreclosed upon left-and-right. One of the most controversial and problematic issues that arose out of the recession was the practice of banks “robo-signing” foreclosure documents. What is “Robo-signing?” Robo-signing occurs when a bank [...]

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What Is Deal Flow Software And what Does It Do?

by Ankit Agarwal on February 7, 2012

Deal flow software is a fantastic tool for private equity investors everywhere.  Using a great deal flow software tool private equity firms can monitor investments quickly and easily. Deal flow software Deal flow software monitors deal flow for individual private equity investors or private equity firms and consortia.  Deal flow software enables the user to [...]

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How to Calculate Percentage Yield

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Percent yield is basically the amount of success you had measured against the amount of success you expected to have or would have had in ideal situations; so basically it is actual gain measured against projected gain. Percent yield is most often used in chemistry to measure how successful a reaction is; calculating percent yield [...]

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How to Understand Economic Trends

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An economic trend is basically the direction a region’s economy is heading. It is important to understand what an economic trend is and how to determine one because economic trends impact the effectiveness of marketing strategies. If you are an investor or a business owner, then the following information will help you to better understand [...]

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How To Do A Background Check On An Investment Advisor

You work hard for your money. Because of that, youwant to make sure it’s invested properly and will return the maximum amount. Ofcourse, there is no guarantee that an investment will return any profit, andthere’s always the possibility of taking a loss. To increase your chances ofmaking money, you may want to think about hiring [...]

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Beware of Spread Betting Hype

Spread betting can be a highly profitable, tax advantaged and cost-effective form of speculative investing. Accordingly, along comes the hype that usually latches itself around a core truth, with numerous hucksters overselling the advantages of the spread bet phenomenon without informing new entrants into spread betting about the risks. In general, the best information or [...]

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Five Differences Between Credit and Debit Cards

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Some people are under the impression that debit cards and credit cards are the same thing. Actually, they are completely different. A credit card is issued by a lending institution and is linked to a line of credit. It is borrowed money. Cardholders can use them to make purchases on which they will pay the [...]

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What is an Endowment Policy?

Although the financial world has been critical of itself over recent years, it has to be remembered that in the past there has been various problems caused by the financial sector. The endowment policy is certainly one of them, but if you look hard enough you can still find endowment policies available. To begin with [...]

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Myths About Financial Aid No One Told You!!

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For a lot of us, getting through our dream college is a key goal in life. More often than not, even the talented ones find themselves unable to pursue their dream even after qualifying the entrance exams and acing the interviews. Turns out, the college tuition fees are a huge burden and without a financial [...]

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How to Know When a Scam is Too Good to Be True

There are scams all over the internet today, and they are getting harder to spot.  Whether it’s an email from a friends or a webpage claiming to make you filthy rich if you just buy a product, you need to be wary of any claims that simply seem too good to be true.   Here are [...]

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