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Most credit card companies are now trying to stick it to their customers before the new credit card laws go into effect.  This means your interest rates are increasing and your credit lines dropping….what an evil combination!!!  However, I am glad to say that I was able to switch my credit cards and get much better rates and terms with other more competitive lenders I found.

I came across a website that provided the ability to compare credit cards side by side so I was able to clearly see the low interest credit card offers and further look into the ones I thought I would be interested in.  It is amazing what you will learn about a lender when you compare credit cards and their associated offers, interest rates and terms.  This ability to compare credit card offers is invalueable as it can mean the difference between saving oe wasting  severl hundered dollars per month.  In any type of an economy, wasting money is dumb…..and in a bad eceonomy such as what we are experiencing today has even worse consequences.  Having a good credit card is the first step in being financially sound and I suggest everyone compares credit cards prior to signing up for them.

Well, I took my own advice from my previous post and spoke with a friend who is an economist at reputable university and he told me that gold IRA accounts are the things to invest in right now. My initial reaction (as I’m sure your is too) was, how to put gold in an IRA account?  He proceeded to explain to me that with growing uncertainty of the global economy, investors are including actual gold in their IRA’s.  This is fast becoming the best alternative for pensions, 401K’s and other retirement accounts.

He proceeded to explain to me that a gold 401k account will be more stable in this type of a bad economy than any other traditional financial product.  ANd. I guess it makes sense because as everything else goes down or fluctuates, the price of precious metals and gems increases.  So a 401k gold account does actually make sense (and hopefully dollars).

Now that I think about this, gold has always been the way to wealth throughout history.  All the people that had invested in gold from the time of early civilization to the Great Depression of the 20’s ended up becoming wealthy.  Nations were born and destroyed because of gold. So, my investing in an IRA gold account will not hurt.  OK..I just convinced myself…..thanks for listening……I needed that…..

I think the economy has finally bottomed out.  With that in mind, it’s now time for me to start investing.  The window of opportunity is very short, so deciding on what to invest in is now extremely crucial.  I have however, decided that the best thing to invest in are CD’s.  But which ones…….that is the million dollar question.

There are varying CD rates and bank rates, so which one do I choose? How do I find the best CD rates to maximize on my investment opportunities?

The best way to go about it is thru a lot of analysis and comparisons of bank profiles on a daily and weekly basis via the financial papers and media. In addition to this, advice from professionals in the industry is always helpful because they offer insight into the economy and can point out facts that you and I could easily overlook or not even consider.  Also, regional and national comparisons are very very important because as we all know, different localities perform differently because of the industries associated with the areas. For instance, the performance of the steel industry would not effect the the economy of California as much as it would the economy of Pensylvania.