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Increasing the performance of your money, minimize risk by investing and have it available when you want it, are some benefits of the investment funds to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

A mutual fund can be understood as a financial institution that brings together money from many individuals or companies and channels it to the stock market investments to grow, said Juan Carlos Pelayo, assistant general manager of Allianz Fóndika, independent distributor of these instruments.

“This money, instead of channeling credit as you would any traditional banking institution, which channeled to the stock market, with the aim of increasing the assets,” he explained.

He added that there are different types of funds, which focus on different customer profiles, all trying to minimize the risks of the participants to diversify investments, and the partition in government bonds, corporate bonds or stocks, among others.

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The home prices in recent years has been decreasing, and so many people see the opportunity to buy a home but within your reach. It is important that if you are buying a house, especially if it’s your first time, you do your research and you know how to choose a home that eventually will not give you more problems than you had before you buy. These tips will help you in your selection:

Buy a house you can afford.
Many people usually buy the house you can buy with the money offered by the bank as a mortgage. You have to have the price yet you can tell your bank to pay for a home will not necessarily be the one your budget can bear. Before deciding on the value of the house you want to buy make sure this is not a heavy load on emergency cases. Your house payment should be less than 40% of your income.

Think of the repair costs.
When you think of the money you spend to buy the house, also thinks the repairs necessary to the move, new paint, etc. .. Many people think of home and not in maintenance costs or that they have remodeled. This expenditure will also be part of your budget when you move. Experts say that the estimate for repairs each year is about 1% of the value of the house.

Inspection.
An inspector can tell you the problems are not at home at first sight. Even if you have a friend who knows a lot of houses, finds that the expenditure of an inspector is part of the ruling of the house and this will help you be more sure of what you buy. Do not want to buy a house and then realize that the repair costs are higher than the value of the house.
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Since many years ago with my father take the initiative to open our own business. It’s been several years and can count on this revenue source to help us meet our financial goals. Although at that time I had a degree in business administration and knowledge of the theoretical steps to take to start the business, the time to decide the most important thing for me was the determination and dedication that has made him a success.

We still have much room for improvement, but I want to share things that I consider essential to achieve this. The business has had its ups and downs, but every day we learn something new and that is what matters.

Here is a list of tips that everyone, no matter the business, may take into account:

Organization
I do not know how to say this easier. The most notable problem I’ve had in my business is that at first we were all excited by the business, but we forget to have an organizational plan. At first you will have many heads, have to be an accountant, secretary, messenger, collector, publisher, etc.. All areas are important and all need to have a development plan. You have to know how to take the minutes of meetings, regardless of where the money is being spent, with whom we have to meet, etc.. For this you need several tools:

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