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A method of estimating bad debts expense that involves a detailed examination of outstanding accounts and their length of time past due is the:
a. Direct write-off method.
b. Aging of accounts receivable method.
c. Percentage of sales method.
d. Aging of investments method.
e. Percent of accounts receivable method.

30 second television commerical for Prosper.com, America’s largest peer-topeer lending marketplace.

Angela Self, one of the founders of the Smart Cookies, discusses why is debt such a dirty word. *What problems can come up when you think of credit as free money? *Where should you cut debt first? *How can I lower my interest rate on my loans or credit cards? *What if you can’t handle your debt any more? *What can a credit counselor do for you? *Is it possible to make an arrangement with a lender to make debt more manageable? TheInvestor Education Fund is pleased to be cosponsoring this video series with the Globe and Mail called “Lets Talk Investing.” The series is hosted by renowned Globe and Mail columnist Rob Carrick and features prominent Canadian financial experts discussing topics that are relevant to investors.

I would like to gain more interest in my investments.

I am a professional accountant. I have sold my skills to the "man" for about eight years while training. I have accumulated about -60K of clients while working and have made the investments in software, computers etc that I needed to. I am debt free.

I am ready to go on my own. Anybody been in this situation and have any advice?

Getting credit-card debt relief starts with the ability to set up a good budget and paying down credit-card balances. Discover other ways like dipping into savings or doing credit-card balance transfers to eliminate debt with tips from a financial planner in free personal-finance video. Expert: Julie Asti, CFP Bio: Julie Asti works as a financial planner for Asti Financial. Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Dave tells to buy mutual funds and ignore the safety of fixed annuities. Buy ALL term life and invest the difference in mutual funds and ignore ANY need for whole-life. Now that the economy is down, people that did the opposite are MUCH better off. I can imagine MANY of his listeners will end up at the end of their term with no insurance and way depreciated investments. At least they will be debt-free (the obvious thing to be before investing anywhere.)
I know my opinion may not matter because I’m a lowley insurance salesman (term & whole-life.) What do others think?