How to Invest Today

In the town of Cody, Wyoming, 219 utility accounts were sent to collection. Only four of the bills belonged to property owners. Some are thinking that the city believes that holding property owners are responsible for utility costs that their renters left unpaid. A policy like that could have added $180,000 to the city budget during the past five years, and furthermore, other utility users are subsidizing those that do not pay their bills.

More than 200 Scranton taxpayers might have been mailed a letter from a collection agency they didn’t deserve. The notices are for unpaid garbage fines that might have actually been paid. According to officials, the garbage bill itself for 2009 could be to blame for more than 200 collection notices that were sent to city taxpayers in error last week.

In the first two articles I defined what a delinquent account that had been sent to collection was, how sending late accounts out to an debt collection company benefits a creditor, and the practice of selling an old debt to a third party collection agency.

In part one of this series, I spoke about some of the pros and cons of mutual funds. I let you know that there are a number of expenses that come with investing in a mutual fund, including the high price of management fees and brokerage fees that come with trading frequently. But, the fund manager is bound by a responsibility to find the best deals on commission for you that she or he can. Also, the expertise of a fund manager can be quite helpful for beginners when they start to invest.