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financial (not comparable)

Positive financial

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  1. related to finances
  2. having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society (a financial member)

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Fri Feb 12 02:47:36 2010

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.

Finance works most basically through individuals and business organizations depositing 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 sold directly to investors from corporations, while that 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.

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Sun Feb 14 05:00:52 2010

Which financial institution is currently the best for retirement accounts?
Q. I want to identify the best financial institution for opening a Roth IRA. It must have quality mutual funds with no load or transactions fees. I want to make monthly payments (~$200) and have that money immediately converted to shares of the mutual fund that I choose. So far, Fidelity and Charles Schwab will allow automatic monthly payments. Unfortunately, Chuck requires that the minimum for the mutual funds (usually $1000) is met before automatic purchases of a fund can be completed monthly. Fidelity will lower $2500 minimums to $300. Does anyone have experience with these financial institutions or another with a better policy? Vanguard can setup an automatic investment of $50 but you have to meet the $3000 minimum first to even open an… [cont.]
Asked by ireallyhatetoregister - Mon Oct 8 22:56:44 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Fidelity is one of the best fund shops around, have a very good reputation, and they have an incredibly wide variety of funds. I will also second the recommendation for Vanguard, which have a slight edge over Fidelity in keeping their customers needs first, and keeping overall fees low -- in fact, it was largely Vanguard's competition that forced Fidelity to lower many of their fees over the last few years. As a mutual fund shop, you wouldn't go wrong with either Vanguard or Fidelity, and I might also add T. Rowe Price in there as a close third. Note that I am not recommending each and every one of their long list of funds -- if you have as many as Fidelity does, there will be a few turkeys in the flock. But overall as a fund company… [cont.]
Answered by enoriverbend - Mon Oct 8 23:21:08 2007

What is most popular financial service ?
Q. Please tell me what financial service is most popular in united states. For indivisual investors only pay service. Because I have an financial service company in Japan , and I want to refer that. Please tell me what Information service to help equity investmentis is most popular in united states. For indivisual investors only pay service. Because I have an infomation company to help equity investment in Japan , and I want to refer that.
Asked by nozomu y - Sun Feb 11 18:45:41 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. the answer to the question you asked it, a checking account. it sounds like you're looking for something like, which is the most used stock marker company. but i really don't know.
Answered by linlyons - Sun Feb 11 19:08:44 2007

What are the requirements for financial aid?
Q. I live with my mother in law with my fiance and a baby. But she makes about $50,000 a year and claiming us on her taxes. Would that unqualify me for financial aid? I heard that you have to be claiming yourself, or the financial aid goes based off of the person's income that is claiming me.
Asked by 25 Darkcloud - Sun Jan 24 12:41:04 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. universities.atwebpages.c om - it has detailed info how to apply for financial aid and scholarships to get more cash.
Answered by Thomas - Mon Jan 25 12:57:17 2010

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