Umair Tariq

Did you know the average cost for a four year university in the United States including books, tuition, room, and board is $21,479 a year? Assuming a student finishes in the intended four years, his or her total education cost will add up to about $85,916. That is a lot of money for a young person to come up with, and most students are forced to finance at least a large portion of their education costs with student loans. Since 2007, student loan debt has grown a whopping 56% and now represents over $956 billion dollars. Of the household headed by someone under 35, 4 in 10 have student loan debt. 40% of those with student loan debt were delinquent as some point in the first 5 years of repayment. Student Loans: How Deep Are You Digging? Infographic   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Between 1998 and 2012, home and business foreclosures in Western North Carolina increased by 89.4 percent — a rate more than 30 percent higher than the statewide increase of 53.8 percent for the same time period. Foreclosures: A Look at North Carolina infographic by flapjackmedia.   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Gold is an incredibly fascinating subject. Not only has this shiny, yellow & soft metal been used since at least 4000 BC. but, this metal has been used as currency, jewelry, is a sought-after investment option & is widely used in the production of electronic devices. Did you know, for example, that most of the earth’s gold (approximately 1.6 quadrillion tons) lies at its core as the precious metals’ high density caused it to sink there in the planet’s youth? Bet you didn’t. Gold: Facts About The World’s Precious Metal Infographic   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Shinichiro Shiraki is Director and CIO of Astmax Asset Management and also currently servers as the Chairman of AIMA Japan. In 2005 he launched Monex Alternative Investments. Prior to that he was Executive Director for Asuka Asset Management and a Vice President for UFJ Group (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) where he set up its fund of funds business and helping to develop equity market neutral strategies from 2000 to 2003. Before that he managed pension money at UFJ Asset Management. He obtained Masters in Finance from London Business School and started investing in hedge funds in 1996 at UFJ Bank (ex-Sanwa Bank). Via opalesque.tv In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video, CIO Shinichiro Shiraki (currently also Chairman of AIMA Japan) speaks about: How to design a CTA that will appeal to Japanese institutions What is behind the outperformance of the Astmax Japanese funds of hedge funds? Historical review and analysis of the Japanese hedge fund industry How Abenomics affect Japanese markets and hedge funds How long will it last? 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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The IRS has a known history of scandalous behavior. With Nixon, Johnson, Hoover, Kennedy, and the FBI using the IRS to intimidate their enemies, it’s no surprise that people have their eye on the IRS. Now under President Obama, they’re at it again, which begs the question: bureaucratic blunder or political profiling? Source: TopAccountingDegrees.org H/T Zerohedge 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Today it is more important than ever to make our homes more energy efficient without sacrificing home comfort. An energy-efficient home will keep your family comfortable while saving you money. Unfortunately, a lot of energy is wasted through leaky windows or ducts, old appliances, or inefficient heating and cooling systems. You can use many tips to energy saving and energy cost reduction! This infographic details many different money saving tips and shows how we spend the money on our homes. Energy Saving And Energy Cost Reduction Tips Infographic 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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While concerns regarding an abrupt halt to quantitative easing are running high, corporate results continue to paint an upbeat picture of ground reality. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), STMicroelectronics N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:STM) (EPA:STM) (BIT:STM) and Rally Software Development Corp (NYSE:RALY) are some such companies where business prospects have started looking much better now. Here is a closer look: The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) shattered analysts expectations by posting a higher than expected 18.5 percent growth in profits to $1.2 billion for the first quarter. Revenue growth was solid at 7.4 percent as more people turned to the home improvement retailer following continued recovery in the US housing market. The company not only saw margin improvements during the quarter, but also upped its full year sales guidance to project 2.8 percent sales growth. However, the biggest positive was the bottom-line enhancement which is projected at 17 percent growth on a per share basis. In addition to growth in profits, this will be made possible by share repurchases amounting to $4.4 billion over the remaining months of the year. The stock has advanced in a liner fashion over the last 12 months and there are good reasons this trajectory will likely remain the same
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While we are busy making the change in your pocket, change in society is happening all around us. Our infographic presents a look at some of the changes that have happened during the 60 years that Queen Elizabeth II has been the face of British coins! British Coins And The Changing Faces infographic by Designbysoap.   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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This infographic discusses the various stages in the FDA’s drug approval process. The process involves 4 steps, before the drug is made publicly available in markets. FDA Drug Approval Process: Guide Infographic   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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The vast majority of ecommerce platform reviews have it wrong: they start with the platform in mind instead of the entrepreneur in mind. At Ecommerce Rules, we put the entrepreneur first. We’ve analyzed the 9 types of entrepreneurs and recommended the perfect ecommerce platform for each one. How to Find The Perfect Ecommerce Platform Ecommerce Platform: A Guide To Finding The Perfect One Infographic   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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This infographic uses data from CompareMyMobile.com to show the unique effect that the release of a new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone can have on the trade-in market. Samsung Galaxy S4 Trade In Impact It focuses on the recent release of the Samsung Galaxy S4, which caused a surge in Android trade-ins that the site had never seen before. The graphic shows the increase in handset valuations, actual trade-ins, their share in the trade-in market and how the release caused a massive drop in value of the top 5 Samsung devices on the site – due to the volume of them being recycled. Samsung Galaxy S4 Trade-in Impact: Phone Recycling Data Infographic   'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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