Monthly Archives: May 2021

What are mortgage bonds?

A mortgage bond is a bond in which holders have a claim on the real estate assets put up as its collateral. A lender might sell a collection of mortgage bonds to an investor, who then collects the interest payments on each mortgage until it’s paid off. If the mortgage owner defaults…

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6 ways to figure out if your side hustle idea will be a quick failure or a long-term success

The number one thing I love to do in my free time is brainstorm new business ideas. I find it fun thinking about problems and solutions in the form of innovative, unique, and interesting side hustles. My friends know this about me and at some point, at every dinner or phone call, I ask them if they want to chat about random ideas and see if any of them have potential…

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Index funds vs. mutual funds: What’s the difference?

New investors often want to know the difference between index funds and mutual funds. The thing is, sometimes index funds are mutual funds and sometimes mutual funds are index funds. It’s like asking the difference between apples and sweet food. Apples can be sweet or sour, while sweet food includes more than just apples. So it is with mutual…

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