Financial Planning Articles

1). Retirement: Having Access to your Future By : Robert Valentine
Having access to savings in your 401(k) can be important. Here are some of your options for withdrawing from your plan.
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2). New And Unusual Fundraising Ideas By : Steve Gillman
Need some new fundraising ideas? When your organization or group needs to raise money for a trip or project, there's nothing wrong with another bake sale. Do something a little different, though, and you may get more volunteers for the event. You might also get more media exposure, meaning more people will participate, which means more money raised.
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3). Planning A Charity Golf Tournament By : hitsusa
Looking for tips on planning a charity golf tournament? There are many factors to consider, so I'll stick to the four main ones for this article. The success of your charity golf event revolves around maximizing player turnout, increasing pledge sizes, obtaining sponsored prizes, and planning tips. Player Turnout Your success depends on how many players your golf event draws and how actively you have your players solicit sponsors for their own rounds.
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4). Top 7 Youth Fundraising ideas By : Jennifer Carter
The most important rule in planning a youth fundraiser is to make sure that everybody has fun! These ideas will work well for a youth group, a church young people's group, non-profit group or a youth sports (e.g. football, baseball) group. Here are seven ideas to get your fundraising started:- Sales -if you type in “youth fundraiser” on any search engine you'll find offers to sell cookie dough, pizza cards, scratch cards, candles, sports goods and plenty more.
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5). Fundraising For Youth Groups By : D. David Dugan
Youth Groups are almost always in need of funds. Holding fundraisers to finance important trips like tournaments, museums, and musical events are just some of the needs that have to be met through fundraising. Others include the need for uniforms, sports equipment, art supplies, musical instruments, and more. There are a lot of different ways your youth group can raise the funds they need.
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6). Top 7 fundraising ideas By : Jennifer Carter
Have you been given the job of organising a fundraising event and are stuck for ideas? Here's seven great and simple ideas that you can organise:- Cookie Dough fundraisers This is an ideal fundraiser for all times of the year. Just take orders and sell tubs of delicious cookie dough to your group. Profit margins 30-50%. Fundraising Cookbooks Often described as a recipe for fundraising success (groan!) - creating a personalized cookbook is ideal for groups such as churches, schools, charities and hospitals.
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7). Inflation - The Slayer of Your Savings By : Chris Cooper
Since inflation consistanly erodes the buying power of our money, our investments have to exceed the inflation rate or we will outlive our money.
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8). Getting the Best Return on Investment for your Fundraiser By : Kimberly Reynolds
Return On Investment (ROI) is a fundamental business concept. Its also something that every fundraiser needs to take into consideration. A business investment consists of working capital, physical assets, and peoples time. ROI is the net gain that results from a business spending money and utilizing physical assets, along with the expenditure of employees' time, in an effort to produce tangible profits.
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9). Fundraising Ideas: Keep It Safe By : Kimberly Reynolds
When your youth group is doing a fundraiser, it is imperative to make sure that the proper safety precautions are followed. Never allow door-to-door sales without direct adult supervision. Period. In a sad case, an 11-year-old boy selling candy for a PTA fundraiser came to the door of a 15-year-old boy who was home alone at the time. The youngster was invited inside, sexually molested, and then murdered.
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10). Car Wash Fundraiser Ideas By : Kimberly Reynolds
Car wash fundraisers are a proven money-maker in virtually every community. All you need are willing volunteers, a high-traffic location with good visibility, and some attention getting signs. You can put a car wash fundraiser together on short notice, but they work best with a little planning. Here's how to get started... Things To Do List 1- Line.
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11). Salvation Army, Not Just A Religion, A Charity Worth Giving To By : David G. Hallstrom, Sr.
Last year during Christmas season I started to enter a store that I had shopped at regularly for years. I stopped at the store entrance because I felt that something was wrong. Then I realized that there was no bell ringing and no Salvation Army volunteer with his or her red kettle. I went into the store and asked the manager if he knew why the Salvation Army volunteer was not outside.
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12). What Are My Investment Choices For Retirement Planning? By : Richard Callaby
Investing for retirement may not seem important yet for someone who is still in their early age. But once that age of retirement is reached, then you will feel the need to do so. It might be too late then as you will not get the most out of your investments anymore.
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13). Pensions and Investments Performance - How to Target a 20% Annual Return! By : Stephen Todd
The most important criteria in picking pensions or investments to deposit your funds in, is their performance. Many investors are disappointed in their pensions and investments performance, as the majority of fund mangers cannot even beat the index!
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14). How to Avoid Car Financing Pitfalls By : Joseph Kenny
If you are considering the purchase of your first car or even your next vehicle if you’re not a first time car buyer, you may be concerned about the prospect of financing your vehicle. This concern is not totally unfounded.
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15). What You Should Know About a 401k By : Heather Colman
A 401k is a good place to start in planning for your future retirement, no matter how far away you may be from the actual time.
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16). Tips for Organizing Your Fundraiser By : Kimberly Reynolds
1- Have a written project plan Run your fundraiser like a small business. Have a written project plan that spells out all roles and responsibilities. Slot motivated individuals into those roles and equip them with everything they need to do a great job. 2- Use your website If you don't have one, get one. Use it to communicate goals, thank your sponsors, highlight periodic offerings, recognize successes, honor individual contributors, etc.
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17). Fundraising With Discount Cards By : Kimberly Reynolds
Looking for ideas for fundraisers? You're not the only one. Every group is searching for easy fundraisers that produce big results. Well, selling fundraising discount cards is one of the best fundraisers around. Discount cards deliver considerable revenue for your group at $10 each. They usually produce average sales of 10 units per seller. Coupled with their 80%-90% profit margins, they also generate considerably more profit than most other fundraising products.
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18). Pensions Management – Did Your Pension Return 20% Plus Last Year? By : Stephen Todd
What you are interested in is that when you become a pensioner, your pension’s management has performed to provide you with a comfortable retirement and does not give you a short fall on your expected cash!
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19). Officially Licensed Products Give A Kick To Your Youth Or School Fundraiser By : D. David Dugan
Fundraisers have changed somewhat from when I was a kid. We sold one thing and one thing only, candy. Candy for the school basketball team, candy for the local baseball league and yes, candy for the football team too. Don’t get me wrong, it was good candy, but we didn’t have the choices today’s organizations do. Everything imaginable is generating funds for our children’s sports these days.
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20). Financial Planning - Is It Necessary? By : Ian Koch
The first aspect of financial planning should be where you are now in terms of money. Do you owe a lot, or are you bothered by the amounts that seem to go adrift from your budget? Clear these up before you begin your financial retirement planning.
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21). Thousands Now Survive Financial Hardship Who Never Thought They Could….with a Solo 401k ! By : Lawrence Groves
Financial Emergency! It is unpredictable yet it happens to all of us. The IRS has just increased your chances of survival by two.
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22). Easy Ways To Make Money through School Fund Raising By : Peter Crump
Did you know that school fund raising brings big business to many companies? This is because schools purchase the supplies they need for fund raising in large quantities. The company can easily give a discount because they sell a lot of products at one time. School fund raising is also becoming an important part of school life because it offers schools different ways of fundraising the money they need for the equipment and trips.
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23). Fundraiser Candles for Your Group By : Kimberly Reynolds
Looking for a good fundraising idea? Candle sales are easy and profitable. What, exactly, is a candle fundraiser? Candle fundraisers are your basic order taker fundraiser. You need to do more than just show pictures of candles. Showing fragrant samples will dramatically boost your candle fundraiser's results. The basic concept is the same as all order taker fundraisers.
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24). Oh, No! Another School Fundraiser! By : Al Jackson
If you have children still attending school, then you probably know all too well the feeling you get when you receive a flyer stating the need for yet another fundraising event! That horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach that says you're going to have to contribute in some way, either buying something you really don't need and really can't afford, or by donating hours of your time, hours that you don't have either.
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25). How Can Fundraising Consulting Help Us Raise Money? By : Peter Crump
If you need to hold a fundraiser and don’t know where to begin there is help out there for you. It is time for you to seek fundraising consulting advice especially if your fundraising event is going to be on a larger scale. Fundraising consulting will help you organize and take you through the steps to ensure your fund raising efforts will be successful.
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