Holiday Shopping is Starting… Reduce Your Stress with these Tips!
It’s almost that time of year again, and the traffic on the highways is proof. It seems to me that holiday shopping starts earlier each year. Even the cable music channel started playing Christmas music the day after Hallowe’en! Holiday shopping season doesn’t have to be stressful though. And this year, a number of merchants are offering incentives to make your shopping easier than ever before. Here are some helpful ideas tested by the PFN readers and staff: Use the Internet as a research tool. Check around to see if that “special price” is really a significant savings. Often, you’ll find competing stores willing to “beat the

Trading Currencies on the Foreign Exchange
This afternoon, a client called for my professional opinion about the various options available for Foreign Exchange (Forex) trading. Over the past three months, we’ve been doing a study for another client, to see which of the tools available today would meet the objectives of that particular client. And we’re fortunate that our client is willing to allow us to share most of the results of that study with our readers, so that th

Tax relief strategies
If you owe back taxes and have received a notice from the IRS, the best course of action is to bring in the services of experts to negotiate an IRS tax settlement on your behalf. Factors in the present economy have created what many believe is a more favourable atmosphere for those who owe money to the IRS to strike better deals with that agency. According to some of the latest publishe

Government & municipal grants – another useful option for many
In today’s tumultuous economy, the government is utilising every means available to stabilise the markets. One of these tactics is promising to help the general public. This plan is nothing less than a large-scale government grants distribution, to help consumers clear up debt and pay for educational expenses. Government Grants The United States Government gives away millions of dollars each month to ordinary people, who qualify for financial assistance and othe

Credit Repair – Not all services are equal
Newspapers, websites, television and direct mail pieces are rife with offers from companies who claim to be willing to “remove bankruptcies”, “fix your credit” or “create a new credit identity — legally”, but when it comes down to the truth, let the buyer beware! Legitimate credit repair services do not make those kinds of claims, according to the attorneys of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which advises that cor