“What are REITs? Real estate investment trusts (‘REITs’) allow individuals to invest in large-scale, income-producing real estate. A REIT is a company that owns and typically operates income-producing real estate or related assets.” Or, so says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, better known as the SEC. Prior to the housing crisis, there was...
How Prime Brokers Make Their Decisions
What is Prime Brokerage? When a package of services are offered by an investment bank or security firm to a hedge fund or other types of investors it is called prime brokerage. This usually happens when investors need to borrow securities or cash in order to invest in something that will guarantee a return....
Want to Learn How to Sell Your Structured Settelment? Follow These Steps
Who has not dreamt of winning the lottery or some big lawsuit? Most of us have fantasized about coming into a large amount of money and what we would do if that happened. Would we quit our jobs? Surprisingly, almost half of all lottery winners keep working after they hit that jackpot. What many...
How to Protect Our Currency
When protecting currency, it is imperative to use specialized software and not some rinky dink, run of the mill computer program or worse, human eye, to manage and monitor and control the entire process. Safety and control are the main objectives with procedures as sensitive as this. A good software program should be able...
How a Pre-Settlement Cash Advance Can Work In Your Favor
Credit card debt is a huge issue in our society and something that sinks many individuals and households. It can be a tough thing to get out from under once you’re in — in 2014, American households had an almost $60 billion increase in new debt accrued on credit cards. Additionally, the average balance...
New Oregon Law Will Allow State to Garnish Lottery Payouts
One of the reasons many people choose the lump sum lottery payout when they win it big it to take control of their money and get the government out of it. The government already withholds up to 25% of jackpot winnings in taxes and now a new state law that’s set to take effect...
Should You or Should You Not? The Annuity Conundrum
Should you sell your structured settlement annuity? It is a question that needs some consideration. Selling an annuity settlement may solve some cash problems you have in your immediate future, but may short-change you in the long run. It comes down to taking a hard look at your money issues today, and doing your...