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Is a Reverse Mortgage Right for You?

Reverse mortgages may not necessarily rank among the most popular home loan options, but they do come with certain advantages for the right lender.

What is a Reverse Mortgage?

In a nutshell, a reverse mortgage is a way for older homeowners to leverage home equity in order to fund their retirement. The equity is actually relinquished in exchange for regular payments that can most definitely take the edge off of everyday living expenses that may be hard for seniors to cover otherwise. In order to qualify for a reverse mortgage, the homeowner must either already own the property free and clear (or be able to pay it off using the resulting payments) and be 62 years old (or older).

What to Keep in Mind

To be clear, there are definitely things to keep in mind when considering a reverse mortgage. Like other loans, you’ll want to watch for high-interest rates and

The Most Important Forex Tips For Successful Trading

When choosing a business strategy to pursue, you’ll have many options to choose from. The forex market represents the largest global marketplace for trading currency. If you are considering making the plunge into the fast-paced world of Forex trading, see the advice given here.

Pay attention to what is on the news, especially in the financial world, including the currencies you are trading. Much of the price swings in the currency markets have to do with breaking news. Think about having alerts for the markets you are trading in so that you can make money off of the latest headlines.

Currency Pair

Once you pick a currency pair to begin with, learn about that currency pair. If you try getting info on all sorts of pairings, you will never get started. Select one currency pair to learn about and examine it’s volatility and forecasting. Follow and news reports and take

Comparing Price Plans in the Open Electricity Market

May 2019 will mark a significant moment in Singapore’s energy market.

By then, all households and businesses in the island will be able to select their preferred electricity retailer on the Open Electricity market (OEM).

Currently on a progressive rollout area-by-area, many may have seen retailers promoting their electricity plans. However, consumers in the market may have some questions about these plans and how they affect their bills, before making the switch.

What are the Price Plans Offered by Retailers?

Retailers offer various standard and non-standard price plans.

In terms of standard price plans, there are two types which exists in the OEM. The first plan, called the Fixed Price Plan, require consumers to pay a fixed price throughout the duration of the contract irrespective of its deviation from the regulated tariffs. The other plan, called the Discount-Off-the-Regulated-Tariff Plan provide customers with a fixed discount on the prevailing regulated tariffs.

Death of Advertising Dinosaurs

With worldwide economic uncertainty upon us, it’s no surprise that many companies are reducing spending, and looking to steward their financial resources towards those activities that provide the most bang for the buck. As a result of reigning in the spending, and more demand for a higher return on investment (ROI) from their scarce financial resources, the final nail in the coffin could be coming down for one of the last remaining dinosaurs of our time…the Advertising Dinosaurs!

The Issue:

According to the Advertiser Perceptions, Inc. Spring 2008 report the dinosaurs of the advertising world are getting hit hard.  Here’s how the companies that reported data (1,811 total) expect their advertising budget mix to change:

  • 23% of advertising budgets are expected to decrease in the next six months
  • The most severely impacted by this are newspapers, radio, and broadcast TV
  • 44% of newspaper ad budgets are expected to decline in

DTH Recharge Apps with Outstanding Recharge Offers

The TV is a kind of stress-buster tool as it takes us to another zone free from tensions. Whether it is about to enjoy your favorite song, watch a movie or check out the latest news, we all go with TV first. But you would not enjoy any of these things if you did not do your TV recharge. Why run to shop when the online mode is available. Go and access the app on your mobile and follow easy steps to get it done within some seconds.

What Makes TV Recharge App Popular

These online TV recharge apps do come up with detailed information regarding the recharge pack you are going to choose. Before recharging, you should check the entire details. The reason behind the increased popularity of these online TV recharge app is that

  • They hold millions of satisfied customers. These online TV recharge apps also keep adding

Advantages of Duplex Electroless Nickel Coatings

Electroplating has been a popular and effective coating process for many years. As with any industrial coating process, electroplating has made significant advances over the past three decades. Today, plating options like electroless nickel plating give professional coaters the ability to tailor coatings to specific applications. In this guide, we will present some of the many advantages of an electroless nickel (EN) plating process called double-layer or “duplex” EN coating.

Electroless Nickel Plating vs. Duplex Plating

Electroless nickel plating is the process by which a metal substrate is coated with a thin layer of a nickel alloy using chemical baths and catalytic processes to achieve the desired coating. Unlike traditional electroplating finishes, no electrical current is passed through the chemical baths; instead, complex chemistry is essential in coating the substrate with an appropriate nickel alloy layer, such as nickel-boron or nickel-phosphorus.

Duplex EN coating takes the electroless process and adds

Start Collecting Old and New Gold Coins

Do you know how many coins are currently in active circulation around the world? How about how many coins are not in active circulation as valid currency but in the vaults and books of coin collectors?

The answer to both of these questions is: no idea. Although we can have a pretty good estimate for most countries, the very nature of coins means that trying to get an exact figure is near impossible. Coins are lost, coins are found. In the world of coin collection people hope to find more than they lose of course.

Getting Your Start in Numismatics 

In other helpful information – did you know that there is no separate word in the English language that specifically means a person who collects old gold coins? Instead the term for a person who studies currency is used as a blanket term to cover both the more academic pursuit