what is considered a good 'individual rate of return' per month?
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It depends on what you would concider good and how much risk you are taking with your investments.\n\nIf you are investing in money market .25%/month is good right now.\n\nIf you are investing in bonds, about .65%/month is good.\n\nIf you are investing in large cap stocks, about .85%/month.\n\nIf you are investing in medium cap stocks, about 1%/month.\n\nIf you are investing in small cap stocs, about 1.2%/month.\n\nIf you are buying gold or other precious metals, about 1.5%.\n\nBalance risk vs. return is the key...take a little risk with a little bit of your money...
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The general rule of thumb is monthly house payment (principal, interest, insurance and taxes) should be no more than 28% of gross income and total monthly debt payments should be no more than 36% of gross income.\n\nPS.  FYI I work for one of the largest mortgage companies in the US and we use this formula along with other considerations.
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Generally money markets give you the best return on your money.  Paypal offers pretty good returns.  When I did a search on bankrate.com for my area Capital One, FSB was the best institution I had heard of at 4.55%.
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That is correct, but if you want to know how to figure that rate for each month it is the % rate divided by 12 months (3.99/12).  It is also important to know how it it compounded (some figure interest daily, and you pay more interest.  soem figure monthly), because it can mean a big difference in the interest paid by the end of year, even if it is the same interest rate.
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You need to be realistic about achievable returns.  The stock market (S&P 500) has an average annual return of approximately 10%.  If you invested $2,000 a month and got a 10% return compounded annually, you would be a millionaire in 17 years.\n\nKeep in mind, someone once asked J.D. Rockefeller, "how does one become rich?"  He replied, "slowly".
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What do you want your broker to do?  Is there a % annual return you're expecting, and upon what information do you base your expectations?  I don't use a broker, because I find that they make about 2 - 3% more than a good mutual fund, but then take 1% of my assets away every year.  I'd rather buy MSTR (microstrategy) at $108 last month and sell it at $128 a month later (you can check the stats ) - that's real money...
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An Individual Voluntary Arrangement is suitable for some people and not for others.\n\nIt all depends on your individual financial situation.
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it seems good to people who make financially investments.  You will notice that return on mutual funds are doing good, 401K etc.  The interest rate to borrow money is higher  now and the return on investing your money is higher which yields a win/win.
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Adjust it for the rental conditions in your area. Don't look at the percentages.If you can easily get x dollars a month, then increase it to x dollars. Remember, this is a business.\n\nRegards
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You can find a lot of past performance of mutual funds on this web site.     http://www.micropal.com/\nalthough past return is no guarantee of future results - still, it could be used as an estimate.\n\nIf you want to calculate what an investment of $37,940 would add up to if it grew at 5% per year, just type this formula into an excel sheet:\n  =FV(0.05,30,,-37940)\nA whopping $163,974!
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certainly! a good 1..\n\nits an ever expanding company... so.. returns may be slow initially.. but the prices r bound to go up!!
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for any number of periods, month, day week, whatever all you do is multiply 1+rate times itself that many times. The standard for comparison is 1 year.\n\nSo you normally wouldn't want the two month rate, you would wnat the 1 year rate. So you take 1+.01 times 1+.01... twelve times. Or 1.01^12 (1.01 raised to the twelveth power). Then subtract back out the 1 to get the rate.\n\n12.68%\n\nThis gives you what it called APR (actual percentage rate) it is required for all lenders and those offering savings account to show their rate in this form so the consumer isn't fooled.\n\n1.01^2 = 1.0201, so it is indeed 2.01% as the other guy said.
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With $200 dollars a month, you might want to sign up for a 401k plan from an online brokerage firm while picking one or two mutual funds.  As long as you consistently deposit the amount of $200 dollars, you should realize a relatively fair or modest return.  It will also reduce your taxable income, saving you money on taxes and increasing your future retirement funds.  \n\nHowever, if you're looking for a higher return investment, allocate it to a money market ING Direct account.  I believe their offering 4.75%, which is a modest return but it offers you greater liquidity.  After a year, you might then swap it into a brokerage account and then invest it in growth stocks that can generate a higher return.
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It depends on the company but generally 650 or higher is considered good and 750 plus is considered excellent. \n\nHere's an example of score versus interest rates charged from the FICO website\n\nFor a $216,000 30-year, fixed rate mortgage: \nIf your FICO® score is:  \n\nScore      Rate  Payment\n \n760 - 850  6.29% $1,336 \n700 - 759  6.51% $1,367 \n680 - 699  6.69% $1,392 \n660 - 679  6.9% $1,423 \n640 - 659  7.33% $1,486 \n620 - 639  7.88% $1,567 \n\n\nTheir website\nhttp://www.myfico.com/
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I think what you are referring to is called compound interest.  That is when your interest is paid on a regualr basis, like mnthly.  So in the following month you get interest on your principle and the interest you received from the previous months.  This reults in a overall higher rate of return.
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I can advice you.\n\nI cannot tell you what you should look for because I don't know what types of investments are you looking or how much money you have or for how long are you going to invest or how old are you and other factors.\n\nING is an Excellent Insurance Company and they are currenly offering the third highest interest rate in the United States of America.\n\nThe second highest interest rate is HSBC with 4.80%
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The effective, or true, annual rate of return. The APY is the rate actually earned or paid in one year, taking into account the effect of compounding. The APY is calculated by taking one plus the periodic rate and raising it to the number of periods in a year. For example, a 1% per month rate has an APY of 12.68% (1.01^12 -1).