Trade Finance As A Business Development Strategy

Edna B. Shearer

Without trade finance, there wouldn’t be Indian spices, clothes, or jewelry in the United States. Or Apple’s iPhones in China, much less any other international product at any respectable distance from its origin. In fact, according to Investopedia, the World Trade Organization (WTO) estimates that international world trade has expanded […]

A Finance Approval Can Be a Moving Target

Edna B. Shearer

Financing equipment in all markets is always a slightly moving target. Hard credit rules are constantly changing because underwriters and credit teams are pressured to make the right decision; their jobs depend on it. The squeeze on one end for lenders is to minimize bad debt by avoiding financing clients […]

Make Money Online For Long-Term Financial Security

Edna B. Shearer

For the entrepreneurs amongst us, there are virtually limitless ways of making money online. I don’t intend to discuss all these ways in this article. My focus here is on the average person who, generally speaking, is not an entrepreneur. Somebody who works nine to five, five days a week, […]

Mortgages – The Best Time to Finance

Edna B. Shearer

If you have already decided to purchase a home and you don’t have the luxury of waiting for a market change, your lending rate will in large part depend on the market. If you have time to decide when to jump into the mortgage market, then research mortgage rate forecasts […]

Finances Are Vitally Important

Edna B. Shearer

It is a true saying that you cannot get along without money. Finances are vitally important in the lives of everyone living upon the earth. There may be some places where money is not the medium of exchange, but some type of trade must be used to obtain the necessities […]