Much like a manufacturer’s warranty, a home warranty pays to repair or replace a covered item when it malfunctions within a certain time frame, typically a year. These contracts cover damage from regular use and age, which is one reason homeowners find them so attractive, especially if they are new buyers or are purchasing an older home.

Spring is traditionally the time home sales take off. In fact, real estate agents typically encourage sellers to list their homes early in the year so they're ready for the peak sales period in June. Researchers for Zillow went a step further and found a magic window for sellers. Depending on their location, homes put on the market between mid-March and mid-April can often sell 15 percent faster and for 2 percent more than the average listing.

Let’s say you’ve done everything right. You know your entry and exit points. You’ve got your stop losses in place. Then the markets open, things don’t go as planned, and you start to lose. For most people, this creates an immediate and unpleasant physical response: sweaty palms, rapid breathing, and increased heart rate. But the worst part may be how the sudden upsurge of emotion seems to eliminate your ability to think clearly.

Whether you call it a tornado or a hurricane, a windstorm can cause extensive damage to your home. So why does the average homeowner near Hurricane Alley pay more for their home insurance than those living in Tornado Alley? For insurance providers, the risks are actually quite different. Let’s take a look at tornados and hurricanes so we can better understand the costs.

Some agents don’t work with non-admitted insurers. Maybe they think non-admitted is another way of saying unauthorized or illegitimate. Perhaps they’re worried the policies they sell aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.

With the prevalence of OTC forex markets, traders can trade forex nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week. But just because the market is open doesn’t necessarily mean it presents you with the best trade opportunities. In forex, the best time to trade is when the market is moving. Here are those times and what to look for when trading them.

While most folks have at least heard of credit scores, insurance scores may be a mystery. Essentially, your home insurance score can impact how much you pay for your coverage, depending on where you live. Most states allow insurance carriers to factor this a credit-based insurance score into policy pricing. Let’s take a closer look at what this score is and how insurers determine it.

Americans tend to assume bigger means better. Nowhere is that attitude more obvious than in the business world. The gospel of growth is preached in boardrooms and business schools across the nation, but at least one source for our 2017 Small Business Outlook isn't buying it. She says she only ever intended to be a company of one.

What do futures traders Larry Benedict, Linda Bradford Raschke, and Marty Schwartz have in common? Each of them suffered losses that would have sent most traders packing, but ended up being some of the most successful traders in recent memory.

For some people, a house just isn’t a home until they have a dog curled up by their feet. Unfortunately, their doggos may make it harder to get home insurance. Many providers have restricted breed lists, and getting coverage can be difficult if your dog is on it.

Just a few years ago, only one-third of small business owners knew cyber liability insurance existed. But as the number of yearly data breaches increased, so did their awareness of the product. Unfortunately, that knowledge does not appear to be translating into sales. Only 35 percent of companies have cyber insurance, according to an article published by SC Media.

Most day traders focus their attention on intraday charts, and for good reason. They want to capture profit off of a product’s daily price movement, so it makes sense to study 15-minute, 5-minute, or even 1-minute charts. Those charts can provide great insights into great entry and exit opportunities. However, focusing on the short term can be another way to bury an account. How? By not realizing that the higher time frame is in charge. That means that in a equity bull market (as we've had stro

For Florida homeowners, a flooded basement or other home insurance claim might just be the start of their troubles. Some contractors may take advantage of what’s called an assignment of benefits (AOB) agreement and leave homeowners in the lurch. Let’s look at what AOB is and how to spot a scam so you don’t get taken for a ride.