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Finance is the science of funds management. The general areas of finance are business finance, personal finance, and public finance. Finance includes saving money and often includes lending money. The field of finance deals with the concepts of time, money, and risk and how they are interrelated. It also deals with how money is spent and budgeted. One aspect of finance is through individuals and business organizations, which deposit money in a bank. The bank then lends the money out to other individuals or corporations for consumption or investment, and charges interest on the loans. Loans have become increasingly packaged for resale, meaning that an investor buys the loan (debt) from a bank or directly from a corporation. Bonds are debt instruments sold to investors for organizations such as companies, governments or charities. The investor can then hold the debt and collect the interest or sell the debt on a secondary market. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important as they invest in various forms of debt. Financial assets, known as investments, are financially managed with careful attention to financial risk management to control financial risk. Financial instruments allow many forms of securitized assets to be traded on securities exchanges such as stock exchanges, including debt such as bonds as well as equity in publicly traded corporations. Central banks, such as the Federal Reserve System banks in the United States and Bank of England in the United Kingdom, are strong players in public finance, acting as lenders of last resort as well as strong influences on monetary and credit conditions in the economy. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Should I buy a car which is categorized as a finance repossession? Q. Should I buy a car which is categorized as a finance repossession? I checked this preowned car, and AA said there is an existing finance agreement against the car, which is a hire purchase. I told the dealer, and he said this is a finance repossession. He said the finance company has cleared the car. Obviously I will speak directly to the finance company. But do you think it is advisable to buy this type of car? It is a Nissan Almera, so quality-speaking, it should be good. Asked by lankhai2006 - Sun Apr 5 14:25:48 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. If there is an existing finance on the car, the dealer should not be selling it. The finance should have been cleared up by the repo and the car should have a clean title now. There's nothing wrong with buying a repo. It's like any other used car. Some uninformed people might advise against it because they think such cars have been abused by the owners, knowing that they are going to lose the car. This is rarely true. The repo usually comes on quickly, in a matter of a couple of months, so there is little time to abuse the car. It wouldn't be smart anyway, because the car would sell for less at auction, and they would owe a larger balance on their loan after the repo. Answered by peterthegreat - Sun Apr 5 14:34:58 2009 How does agricultural finance work in the US? Which organizations are involved? Q. I'm trying to understand how agricultural-finance works in the US, the companies/organizations involved in this, etc. Please help me develop a broad understanding of its structure, key organizations, etc. Thanks so much in advance! Asked by Rishabh Singla - Wed Oct 14 13:26:52 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I am sorry i dont know. Answered by Josh - Wed Oct 14 13:35:53 2009 How to get regularly latest finance news and other news of the world through mails?
Q. I want alerts regularly for latest finance buzz and news. I hardly get time for reading news on net. So I want latest finance new to be mailed me regularly, so when I check my mail box I can read latest finance and news too(Especially finance news). Please help me with this. Asked by Cute Angel - Wed Jan 14 05:45:47 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well, there are a few ways that I can think of. I think one of the best would be to sign up for an online newsletter, one from a reputable financial publication like Kiplinger. Other than that I believe that there are some online finance magazines that you can sign up for an RSS feed with. I know that isn't the same as your mailbox but it still keeps you up to date. Otherwise there are a number of financial magazines that you can look at online, usually the ones like Fotrune, and Money which is hosted by CNN, and I believe that they will give you an email update but you'd have to check their website. One last thing, there is a pretty good ehow article that describes your options, some of which I already said, but it might be worth… [cont.] Answered by Johnny D - Fri Jan 16 02:39:42 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Finance"
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