Month: July 2019

Considering Loans In The United States

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If you’re an adult living in the United States, it is likely that you have taken out one kind of loan or another in recent years. And even if you haven’t taken out a loan, it is likely that you will in the years that are to come. After all, life is expensive, and there are certainly a great many situations in which taking out a loan is very much appropriate, if not even fully necessary. In total, after all, the owed amount of money based off of loans is currently around $38,000 per person (and that’s not even including mortgage loans, and important type of loan that will be discussed later in the article).

For instance, auto loans are hugely important indeed, with millions of people having some form of auto loans all throughout the country at any point in time. After all, cars and other such motor vehicles – especially brand new ones – are quite expensive indeed and while many people very much need motor vehicles to go about their day to day lives, paying for such vehicles is not Continue reading Considering Loans In The United States →

The Advantages of Having Credit Union Savings Share Certificates

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There are so many financial options, and financial products from which to choose. Customers need information on which financial options are open to them and which bank or credit union to visit to find these options.

There are checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts, to name only a few. But there are also savings share certificates.

Savings Share Certificates

Savings share certificates are savings, offered at credit unions, that are like CDs (certificates of deposit), which you will find at banks. Here are some benefits. Savings share certificates…

  • offer good yields (at a higher rate than a traditional savings account),
  • similar to bank CDs, a savings share certificate requires money deposited to mature in the account for a specified amount of time (early withdrawal will incur a penalty), and
  • if you choose a certificate that requires more months to mature, you’ll earn a higher rate of savings.

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What You Should Know About Saving Money And Improving Credit

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Taking out a loan is something that many people will have to do at some point or another. As a matter of fact, taking out a loan is something that can come about for a number of different reasons. For one thing, taking out a loan can help you to go to school, especially as college costs have continued to climb over the course of time. Taking out a loan for a home is also hugely important, as too can be getting an auto loan. For a great many people, loans are quite critical indeed when it comes to even affording everyday life.

After all, most people do not have a great deal of extraneous money to be handling. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of all people in the United States don’t even have $1,000 to spare. Up to half of this country’s population would consider themselves to be living paycheck to paycheck, and less than one third of all adults in this country have any kind of real financial plan in place. Therefore, it is clear to see that loans can be a must for many of the Continue reading What You Should Know About Saving Money And Improving Credit →