UNIT 4 DISCUSSION The demand for money is affected by three factors: Transaction, precautionary, and speculative reasons. 1) Transaction reasons: People demand money for transaction purposes because most transactions involve an exchange of money. Also, people normally demand more money when their incomes are high, or when the GDP is high. Personally, for example, I demand money for transactions such as purchasing groceries, gas, rent, and bills. Each week I have to buy groceries and fill up…
Why is student loan refinancing is a step that so many look into? Chances are, when you were first applying for student loans and receiving them, you were just so happy to get the money to continue your education; you didn't really grasp the long term ramifications of having to pay them back. Oh, you knew that someday you would have to, but knowing that you'd have to deal with something sometime in the future, and having to deal with it now are two very different animals. If you are now at…
instructions; all loans must be used for school expenses. Realistically, as soon as you go to college most everything becomes a school expense. The basics such as tuition and books are covered in our loans and then we are left with the rest. If there is any left over money, many students go hog wild when receiving their reimbursement checks. Knowing this borrowed money doesn’t have to be paid back until after you’re out of school for a while seems like a gift, but using all of the loan doesn’t…
Quite often representatives from Student Loan Corporation will come around and visit college campuses and give seminars. They offer free lunch to students and give seminars on budgeting, financial aid, and other money topics. When I heard news that one would becoming to my college campus, I decided to go just to see what kind of information they were pitching to college students. I went and enjoyed the free lunch, but that's about the only part of the presentation that I enjoyed. They gave out…
Your debt to income ratio is what makes the difference between paying your bills every month or falling behind and into financial disaster. Basically speaking, if you pay out nearly as much (or more) in monthly costs as you bring in your debt to income ratio is probably too high. As a business owner it is important to pay attention to debt to income ratio because it could have a significant impact if it gets out of control. 1. You may not be eligible for the financing you need when you need it…
at $24,610 for an in-state public college, and $49,320 for a private college (“What's the Price Tag for a College Education?”). At these rates, a majority of students have to take out loans just to get by. In 2012, 71 percent of graduates left a four-year college with some form of student loan debt (“U.S. Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2016.”). The problem we’re seeing is society is pushing students into something not everyone is financially prepared for, without meaningfully informing about…
In the article “University wars: the corporate administration vs. the vocation of learning”, McMurtry aims to bring focus to the underlying issue with todays higher educational systems; universities are obsessed with financial gain and are overlooking what truly matters: education. By focusing on “their own growth, privileges, and salaries”, universities are raising tuition costs to unreasonable prices, making it near impossible for many individuals to go to school (McMurtry, 166). He claims…
micro-credit an effective solution to poverty? Micro-credit is a small loan given to individuals living in poverty, usually women, to be used to start businesses, generate income and alleviate poverty (Karim, 2008). Since the conceptualization of microfinance by professor Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank, microfinance has been used to lift individuals and families out of poverty. Individuals have successfully used the small loans to start or grow small businesses and used the income from…
nonetheless. The good news is that title loans in Jacksonville/ Tallahassee are easy to get. They're not like other types of loans, where you have to have a signature made of diamonds and the endorsement of your fourth-grade teacher. We here at Loan Cheetah want to connect you…
Stressed Out is a song that delineates the discrepancy between childhood and adulthood. This song expresses the idea of stress surrounding moments of your adulthood, in relation to your childhood, where you're carefree and had an innovative imagination. The repetition of the line "Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days" is illustrating how much Tyler and Josh wanted to regress back to the days of their childhood. "When our momma sang us to sleep" indicates a moment of their childhood…