Food costs these days are outrageous and only growing more each day. In 2008, during a two month period between June and July alone the cost of consumer products rose by over 1.5 percent across the board, with nearly a 2 percent increase in food costs, according to the Federal Reserve. Added to risi[...]
Long kept a secret by financial insiders, index funds are rapidly growing in popularity. Index funds are unit trusts that track the performance of an index. An investor can buy shares comprising the index or buy a sample of shares that make up the index. A fund s value is linked to the index, meanin[...]