Lenders don’t necessarily have a credit score that will disqualify someone for a home loan. They are all entitled to set the limit for a minimum credit score to whatever they like. Because of this, it isn’t unusual to find that a borrower cannot obtain a...
Not all stocks are the same. The typical assumption is that you will buy a number of stocks, and that investment is static – you wait until the prices are better and then sell. Some stocks – dividend stocks – will return money more regularly in the...
If you’re in your early to mid twenties, you may have been advised at some point to meet with a financial advisor. You may feel that you have your finances fairly well-managed or feel that you cannot afford to put out anymore money, however, so how do you know if it’s...
“Start when you’re young,” is an expression that’s tossed around in a lot of different scenarios. Learn a language while you’re young. Travel the world while you’re young. Overcome your securities while you’re young. Fall in love while you’re young…and so on and...
As a finance major, people will sometimes ask me what interests me about that field or what my favorite thing about it is. The simple answer to that question is that I grew up outside of New York City and my mother and uncles worked in finance, so I was surrounded by...
