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Bare Reef Updates Portfolio Mobile for iPhone and iPad

Bare Reef Updates Portfolio Mobile for iPhone and iPad











Portfolio mobile for iPad

(PRWEB) February 08, 2012

Bare Reef has updated its stock portfolio management applications for iPhone and iPad. The latest update boasts an improved feature set for users looking to track currencies. Portfolio mobile now charts historic currency rates and includes currency positions in portfolio performance graphs and calculations. The iPad version also includes a price history editor for viewing price history in a tabular format as well as editing price history of all instruments.

“Previously, users tracking instruments not found on common services like Google or Yahoo were limited in terms of viewing a position’s performance and value. This latest update brings a much anticipated price history editor to the iPad in addition to enhancements benefiting currency traders,”says Bare Reef President Greg Hoover.

Portfolio mobile (previously StockTrac) offers the most comprehensive set of features found in any iPad, iPhone or Mac stock portfolio monitoring application. Among them are:

Support for multiple portfolios
Support for trading in multiple currencies
Technical charting
Reporting (Mac / iPad versions)
PUSH-based price alerts (iPad / iPhone versions)
Broker integration using Open Financial Exchange (OFX)
Portfolio performance comparison and charting
Web-based management and backup

Device Requirements:

iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac
Requires iOS 3.2 or later / Mac OS X 10.6

Pricing and Availability:

Portfolio mobile for iPhone is $ 2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). Portfolio mobile for iPhone Pro is $ 19.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). Portfolio mobile for iPad is $ 4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). Portfolio mobile for Mac is $ 24.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies). iPad and iPhone versions are available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Finance Category. The Mac version is available worldwide in the App Store and at portfoliomobile.com.

Bare Reef LCC was founded in 2006 by Greg Hoover to provide customer-driven applications for investors of all backgrounds. Bare Reef develops desktop applications, web-based services and mobile apps for a variety of platforms. Its flagship product, Portfolio mobile (previously StockTrac), comprises a line of mobile and desktop apps that boast an unparalleled feature set and the most responsive support. For further information, review licenses, or to schedule interviews, please contact Bare Reef President Greg Hoover. Copyright (C) 2011 Bare Reef LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and /or other countries.

Greg Hoover

President

ghoover(at)barereef(dot)com

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Ubuntu CEO Joins Board of ?data hub? Startup ScraperWiki

Ubuntu CEO Joins Board of ‘data hub’ Startup ScraperWiki










Liverpool (PRWEB UK) 2 February 2012

Francis Irving CEO of ScraperWiki said “the market for business data will be fully disrupted over the next decade and we will be using this investment to drive up data quality and drive down data collection costs.”

Jane Silber of Canonical says “I believe the impact of open data on Government and the Citizen will be immense. Just as ten years ago only a few recognised how open source would revolutionise IT, so now only a few understand the impact of open data”

ScraperWiki makes it easy for coders to do things with data across the web. It is in a new category of product sometimes referred to as a collaborative data platform or “data hub”.

The new funding will allow the company to scale up development of its software to address demands from B2B media companies and programmers. The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by EV, has made a substantial investment in the business as part of this round.

Doug Stellman, Investment Director for the fund, said: “Usage of ScraperWiki has reached an inflexion point and is set to take off as awareness of the platform spreads. In addition to the corporate and government customers, ScraperWiki has growing a community of independent IT professionals who are using it to provide data analysis services to their customers. There have already been some fascinating examples of novel collaborations.”

About ScraperWiki

The business was originally started by Aidan McGuire and Julian Todd, around the innovative idea of building a collaborative platform to allow programmers to share data collection programmes and trade programming skills with those who needed data collected or analysed.

In 2010 the business secured further funding from the Channel 4, and in 2011 the business won a major award from the US Knight Foundation to support the rollout of its platform across the US within the rapidly developing data-journalism arena. Increasingly major news stories have been developed from public web sources.

Stuart Scott Goldstone of Aarons, Chester advised EV on the investment, while Gary Jones of Weightmans, Liverpool, advised Scraperwiki.

Collaborative data platform# – would normally comprise dataset discovery, web data store, APIs, visualisation, ETL, export of data & data marketplace. Other market participants include Infochimps, Buzzdata, OKFN & Socrata.

Jane Silber

Jane Silber is CEO of Canonical. Canonical produces Ubuntu, the leading open source platform for client, server and cloud computing. Canonical provides services to the IT industry to bring Ubuntu-based products to market, and to enterprise and consumer users to maximise their Ubuntu experience. Jane has over 20 years of business development, operations and software management experience. Before becoming Chief Executive Officer in 2010, she ran several of Canonical’s business units as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Canonical, she was Vice President of Interactive Television Company and Vice President of General Dynamics C4 Systems. She has also worked in Japan for Teijin Ltd conducting artificial intelligence research and product development, and in the US at General Health, a health risk-assessment firm. She holds an MBA degree from Oxford University, an MSc degree in Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University, and a BSc degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Haverford College.

The North West Fund

The North West Fund is a £185m evergreen investment fund established to provide debt and equity funding (from £50,000 to £2 million) to small and medium sized enterprises based in, or relocating to, the North West of England. The Fund addresses an identified gap in the lending, venture capital and private equity markets.

The North West Fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the European Commission’s Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises Initiative – otherwise known as the JEREMIE programme.

North West Business Finance Ltd (NWBF) is a private, not for profit, company, established to oversee the delivery of The North West Fund.

EV

EV is a UK-based fund manager, which provides venture and growth capital of up to £2million to new or existing SMEs located throughout the UK and trading across technology and non-technology sectors. It operates from regional offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston and manages a range of investment funds totaling more than £130 million and focusing on all stages of development, including proof of concept/early stage, start-up, development capital, replacement capital and MBO/MBIs.

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Walter Wild Gives Sound Investment Advise Through the Application of Financial and Psychological Knowledge

Walter Wild Gives Sound Investment Advise Through the Application of Financial and Psychological Knowledge










Waimanalo, HI (PRWEB) February 10, 2012

Psychologist, investment advisor, and author Walter F. Wild gives readers sound advice on savings and investment through his newest book Winning Investment Decisions. The book provides a psychological and financial perspective on investment strategy and market behavior.

Dr. Wild gives his readers useful insight, especially in today’s economy, through experience gained in his own investment ventures. Wild’s book, Winning Investment Decisions, is a groundbreaking publication that provides readers with a unique perspective on the many opportunities and dangers that face investors today. It combines the financial and psychological aspects of smart investing. The book reveals several ways that investors, novices and experts alike, may use to protect and increase savings using one’s own direction without the additional financial strain or the unreliability of professional financial advisors.

The book, through its clear presentation of the methods for smart investing, gives readers concrete techniques for building savings with ease and peace of mind. For more information, log on to http://www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author

Dr. Wild was born and raised in Hawaii. After graduating from Punahou School, he received a BA from Yale University. Then he went to Korea as a counter intelligence agent. He received an MBA, with a concentration in finance, from Stanford University, before getting a Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester. He practiced psychology in Hawaii in a state hospital, a private hospital, and a medical clinic before starting his private practice. He has successfully managed or advised several investment portfolios, including his own.

Winning Investment Decisions * by Walter F. Wild, Ph.D.

Publication Date: April 19, 2010

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For more information on self-publishing or marketing with Xlibris, visit http://www.Xlibris.com. To receive a free publishing guide, please call (888) 795-4274.

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CandidMarkets, Inc. Launches a Revolutionary Investment Portal to Rebuild Investor Confidence

CandidMarkets, Inc. Launches a Revolutionary Investment Portal to Rebuild Investor Confidence











CandidMarkets, Prosperity Powered by Openness


New York, NY (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

CandidMarkets, Inc.has launched the world’s first investment analysis portal designed to allow investors to manage their own investments without conflicted middlemen and to provide finance professionals with the web’s most robust platform to showcase their investment acumen.

CandidMarkets puts investors, first-time or experienced, in control of their investments. They no longer have to rely on brokers, motivated more by fees than their clients’ interests.

The portal contains innovative tools and instructional units that allow even first time investors to analyze and value stocks quickly and soundly. It also enables finance professionals to create and publish their own stock recommendations with ease.

“The CandidMarkets platform is the first of its kind. It takes out the tedious parts of financial analysis so that one can focus on what really matters” — Nabil El-Hage, Chairman, Academy of Executive Education & former Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School.

CandidMarkets was created by finance professionals with MBAs and degrees from top schools including Harvard, MIT, Wharton and Brown, who have worked in investment firms, private equity and investment banking. The tools are based on their experience about what investors really need to make good decisions.

CandidMarkets is already being used by students from over 30 top MBA Schools including Harvard, Wharton and Columbia to value investments and publish research.

The MBA students used CandidMarkets’ tools and publication platform to compete in a nationwide stock picking competition. They used CandidMarkets to predict which S&P500 stocks would perform best over the six months starting November 1st 2011.

So far, their picks have outperformed the market, returning 9.2% compared to the market average 8%. The stocks chosen by the top 25% of students, based on analysis performed on CandidMarkets platform, have returned in excess of 15% and up to 54%.

The top picks, associated analysis and performance details can be seen on CandidMarkets.

CandidMarkets showcases two revolutionary patent-pending analysis tools. The first innovation is an accounting-based valuation tool that derives the fair value of a stock and its expected investment return using just three inputs: return on equity, earnings growth and future market sentiment. Within seconds, a user can understand the set of business scenarios that make a stock attractive, without having to perform detailed discounted cash flow modeling or basing an investment decision purely on financial metrics. With the fair value and investment return outputs distilled into key drivers, a user can also factor uncertainties into the key inputs and impute a margin of safety into the investment decision.

The second tool enables a user to study the past performance of stocks between two points in time, allowing users to anticipate how future business performance can impact stock performance. With this tool, a user can understand precisely how, for example, Apple’s stock was able to generate stock returns at rates exceeding 35% annually between Jan 2006 and Dec 2011. The tool demonstrates that during this time, Apple grew its earnings at over 60% annualized without expending meaningful capital.

CandidMarkets operates on the principle that long-term investing should be based on business fundamentals not financial modeling or metrics. The CandidMarkets site features a suite of tools that help professionals and first time investors analyze a company’s performance in a clear, simple and interactive way. First time investors can apply their own views and business knowledge into investment decisions without having to do detailed calculations or pay fees for conflicted advice.

For a limited time only, CandidMarkets is offering free membership registration: http://www.candidmarkets.com.

Contact:

Chee-We Ng

617-500-8218

cheewe.ng(at)candidmarkets(dot)com

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Future Entrepreneurs Become Profit Masters at Washington State University

Future Entrepreneurs Become Profit Masters at Washington State University











Pullman, WA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012

Starting this academic quarter, Washington State University is further distinguishing its highly ranked entrepreneurial program with a top-rated business financial literacy curriculum titled “Profit Mastery”. WSU’s Entrepreneur program has been recently ranked as one of the top 25 in the nation by Entrepreneur Magazine and the Princeton Review.

The new addition is the Seattle-based “Profit Mastery” curriculum which turns business finance into an intuitive, powerful, and enjoyable process. This proven eLearning curriculum has been used in the corporate world for years with organizations such as Harley Davidson, Deloitte, the Small Business Development Centers, the Entrepreneur’s Organization, and a number of leading banks and financial institutions. Recently, Universities such as Bradley University, the University of Washington, and WSU have been incorporating Profit Mastery into the core curriculum to ensure the business financial literacy of today’s graduates.

According to Profit Mastery Founder and Chairman Steve LeFever, many business people know how to “build or sell” their product or service, but precious few know the recipe to sustainable profitability. “It’s not the student’s fault. Finance can be a dry and intimidating subject. In the Profit Mastery world, finance is exciting, accessible, and enjoyable. When designing our proprietary curriculum, we made the information educational and motivational – plus we inject some humor in the process to make it truly enjoyable. We also designed Profit Mastery to be taken by virtually anyone. No prerequisite required. The bottom line from Profit Mastery is this: performance improves.”

According to Joe Harris, a faculty member of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and facilitator of the Profit Mastery course, “Profit Mastery helps us address a vital area of competency for our students – business financial literacy. Finance is the Achilles heel of far too many business people. Profit Mastery is a program that is immediately applicable and it gives the students the “what, where, when, why & how to” of building a sustainable business financial management system. “

About Washington State University College of Business: The WSU College of Business is accredited at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels by the AACSB. The college spans all campuses of WSU with the largest campus in Pullman, a thriving online campus and regional campuses in Spokane, Vancouver, the Tri-Cities, an emerging campus in Everett, and global partnerships in China, Switzerland, Thailand and Greece.

The college conducts scholarly and applied research and offers degree programs in a variety of business disciplines and hospitality business management. It supplements face-to-face offerings through innovative online learning and international programs. For more information, visit the college’s website at http://www.business.wsu.edu.

About Profit Mastery: Founded in 1983, Profit Mastery is a Seattle-based eLearning company that has used their proven, proprietary system to train over half a million business people on how to understand and use financial information to consistently increase business profits and cash flow. Profit Mastery allows all business people including owners, managers, CPA’s, Bankers, and University Students to take the course at their own pace, 24/7/365. For more information about this financial management course designed to enhance the skills of all business people, regardless of the area of expertise, go to: http://www.profitmastery.net

Media Contact: Mr. Tim Riley, CEO, (206) 779-2021. riley(at)profitmastery(dot)net

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Creditplus Launch Car and Finance blog

Creditplus Launch Car and Finance blog










(PRWEB) March 18, 2007

Car loan and finance specialists http://www.creditplus.co.uk launches a blog. Topics vary, but the aim is to offer insider advice on the vehicle finance market. The posts are short, will offer clear advice and include links to further information. Blog readers can add their own comments regarding the car and finance blogs (http://www.creditplus.co.uk/blog).

New customers who are unfamiliar with creditplus.co.uk will benefit from nearly all the blog content, ranging from learning how to: Increase your credit rating, different vehicle finance methods and how to get the best car loan for your circumstances.

One of the recent posts has been pivotal in alerting Creditplus visitors to a very real scam. Most people are familiar with well-known auction site that cars can be bought from, however an international scam is using the site to con buyers out of their money and car: Don’t be scammed selling your car (http://www.creditplus.co.uk/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=188)

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Commercial & Apartment Lender Commercial Loan Direct Launches New Agency-Based Programs as National Demand for Apartment Loans Rises & Commercial Interest Rates Fall

Commercial & Apartment Lender Commercial Loan Direct Launches New Agency-Based Programs as National Demand for Apartment Loans Rises & Commercial Interest Rates Fall











Commercial Loan Direct – Apartment Loans & Commercial Loans


Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Current and prospective apartment owners have spoken and Commercial Loan Direct has answered. The online business division of CLD Capital, based out of Atlanta, GA, has been a leading provider of commercial loans and now, apartment loans with its new Fannie Mae and FHA Programs. The company said it created these programs in response to an overwhelming amount of requests for apartment refinancing from borrowers with high interest loans and prospective purchasers wanting to take advantage of the strong rental market and declining commercial rates. Executive Vice President Fernando Martin, who spearheaded the initiative, believes that borrowers can create significant value by taking advantage of these government programs: “Agency-based commercial lending provides borrowers with multi-family properties some of the best opportunities in the current marketplace. Rates have dropped so substantially that even many borrowers with prepayment penalties can refinance and still come out on top.”

Fannie Mae Apartment Loans. Commercial Loan Direct is now offering fixed rate apartment loans nationwide under Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting Services Program, available with terms and amortizations up to 30 years and closing dates in 30-45 days. Because of the decline in treasury rates, Commercial Loan Direct says that it can now offer loans with fixed rates of 3.5% to 4.3% at 80% LTV and variable rates of 3.19%. “This is by far our most popular product,” says Mr. Martin, “because it offers the borrower flexible terms and a quick execution.”

FHA Apartment Loans. The primary benefit of FHA products, offered under Commercial Loan Direct’s other program, is that FHA is a source of financing that is always available despite the volatility of the market and offers some of the lowest rates right now, says the company’s executives. Despite an extended execution period (6 months), the wait pays off with longer terms (up to 40 years) and low rates (only about 3.31%). As an additional service, Commercial Loan Direct offers solutions to overcome FHA’s processing time with bridge lending available through the company’s other programs.

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Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com Is Launching An Offsite Content Strategy To Assist Motorcycle Buyers With Finding The Best Motorcycle Loans

Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com Is Launching An Offsite Content Strategy To Assist Motorcycle Buyers With Finding The Best Motorcycle Loans










Humble, TX (PRWEB) November 4, 2007

Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com, a leader in providing high quality motorcycle financing and buying tips, today is announcing it will be aggressively publishing a variety of motorcycle financing and buying tip all around the web via various strategic web properties.

Jay Fran, Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com’s CEO stated “My mission for Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com is to provide an online experience where motorcycle buyers can find tips on the financing process and a variety of ways to finance a bike. There is no doubt that we can only reach so many potential motorcycle buyers through our core site Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com. As a result, it only makes sense that we start strategically spreading our high quality motorcycle buying and financing tips to other web properties not owned by us.”

In efforts to begin this strategy, Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com has started with 2 off site web properties. First a series of articles (including Motorcycle Loans and Financing Mistakes Made By Cycle Buyers) is published on Ezinearticles.com under Jay Fran Expert Author.

Second, an authoritative Squidoo.com lens has been created at Motorcycle Loans & Financing Without Difficulty. Depending on the credit background of the potential motorcycle buyer this lens will take the buyer through the process of purchasing a bike with financing including bad credit motorcycle loan applicants.

Lastly, Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com has also focused on some ATV content one of which is labeled ATV Financing 4 Popular Options and the other is labeled Good and Bad Credit ATV Financing A Simple Approach.

Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com currently has lined up several strategic partners for publishing its content and over the next several months will be seeking out more strategic partners. The goal of this strategy is to allow the site to help more motorcycle buyers than is possible with just trying to generate web traffic to Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com.

About Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com

Motorcycle-Financing-Guide.com is a leader and authority in providing motorcycle buyers tips on cycle financing and buying for new or used motorcycle. The site is jammed packed with hundreds of tips buyers can use to help them get the lowest rate motorcycle loans for their financial background. For more information visit, motorcycle-financing-guide.com.

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Newly Released Book Asks “Does God Exist? What Is The Moral Proof For God’s Existence? Can God Heal?”

Newly Released Book Asks “Does God Exist? What Is The Moral Proof For God’s Existence? Can God Heal?”











“An Easy Read With Good Information”


San Luis Obispo, California (PRWEB) January 28, 2012

According to author Sherif Michael in his recently released book,Be Healed By The God Who Cares, Jesus Christ healed and can heal today. Michael says, “In today’s secular society before asking if God can heal, we must first ask if God even exists and what’s the proof.”

“A powerful proof for the existence of a supernatural, super intelligent God,” states Michael, “is a knowledge of the Moral Law. People around the world are offended when their rights are violated. When someone steals one’s wallet in Russia, Brazil, France or the United States, we are offended. Where does this basic sense of one’s rights having been violated come from? “

Sherif Michael in Be Healed by the God Who Cares states, “We wouldn’t call a room dark unless we knew what light was. A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. An atheist can condemn genocide but does not know where the profound sense of moral repulsion originates from.” Michael maintains, “It comes from our knowledge of an absolute standard imprinted in our minds by the controlling power of God. There can’t be a Moral Law without a Moral Law Giver!” This is just one of the proofs presented in Be Healed by the God Who Cares pointing to the existence of a supernatural God.

“The next question we should ask is if God exists who is God. Christ fulfilled over three hundred Old Testament prophecies made hundreds of years before his time. This gives us more than a clue that the Source of the information has, for some reason, zeroed in on Christ. When we examine the historically documented miracles Christ did, miracles which have never been duplicated (multiplying bread, stilling storms, walking on water, raising the dead, and healing the sick), we see evidence that Christ’s claims that he is God Incarnate are not whimsical myth. Such miracles attest only to the power of God.”

Michael maintains that a belief in God and Christ is logical and a source of great hope. He summarizes his short book Be Healed By The God Who Cares as follows:

“If you face serious physical illness and your body is falling apart, you need to turn to the Source of Life and Healing. God can heal, heals daily, and may heal you this moment. God should not be limited nor minimized by our inability to conceive who He is. Quoting Jonathan Edwards, the Triune God upholds the universe instant by instant. God defines physical reality. Physical healing is for the present, but spiritual healing is the greater gift, as it is forever.

“Be Healed By The God Who Cares covers both spiritual and physical healing. By believing in God’s Son, we gain eternal life. Faith is a gift from God, but Jesus Christ used his fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and his miracles to evidence his claims that He and the Father are One, that before Abraham was ‘˜I AM,’ that ‘˜He who has seen me has seen the Father.’

“To develop faith, this booklet examines proofs: fulfilled prophecies, Christ’s resurrection, the moral argument for the existence of God, and present day physical healing. For those who are sick and can’t handle extensive reading, Be Healed By The God Who Cares is a short and easy read.”

REVIEWS:

” A very readable, cool and clear introduction on the most vital subject. In this fine piece of work Sherif investigates the meaning and the reason for believing the Christian faith” ““ Dr. Steve Kumar, Author of Christianity for The Skeptics, was president of the New Zealand Evangelical Apologetics Society.

“If you are seeking a book that will give ample amounts of inspiration and hope combined with a dash of apologetics, ‘Be Healed by the God Who Cares’ does just that, and more. Biblical wisdom is presented alongside classic philosophers and modern thinkers in a clear readable guide to finding spiritual solace and miraculous intervention.” – James Hirsen, J.D., New York Times Best Selling Author. Hirsen teaches law at both Trinity Law School and Biola University in Southern California. He is admitted to practice in the California and Washington, D.C. Bar Associations as well as the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sherif A. Michael lives in California. He holds a BA in political science and an MBA in international finance from UCLA. He also holds a Juris Doctor in Law from Western State University. Sherif has lectured in Christian apologetics and comparative religion at university campuses in nearly thirty countries for such organizations as Student Life, Campus Crusade, Agape France, and an array of main line and nondenominational Christian churches. After six years in the New Age practicing mantra and hatha yoga, Sherif committed his life to Christ and aside from lecturing, has been involved in banking, commercial brokerage, and real estate development. He is married to a Canadian-American wife with two young adult boys. Sherif authored the popular website http://www.earthharvest.org, which is translated in 12 languages, a website which has100,000 hits a month together with its sister website http://www.existedios.com.

Paperback: 77 pages

Publisher: Mill City Press Inc.

ISBN 978-1-936780-40-2

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RoadFish.com Releases Their Top Tips for Protecting Against Identity Theft

RoadFish.com Releases Their Top Tips for Protecting Against Identity Theft











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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 27, 2012

RoadFish.com men’s lifestyle and finance magazine released their top tips for protecting against identity theft which can wreak havoc on personal finances and future finance endeavors. RoadFish’s advice comes after the news that early filers tax refunds will be will delayed due to the implementation of anti-cyberfraud measures by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “An estimated 8.6 million households had at least one person age 12 or older who experienced identity theft victimization in 2010. This was an increase from the 6.4 million households victimized in 2005.” That is an approximate 33% increase in identity theft.

The advice provided by RoadFish contains useful tips such as keeping a watchful eye on all bank and credit accounts. They suggest reviewing your accounts on a regular basis, obtaining a credit report once a year, contacting credit bureaus to correct incorrect information, only making online purchases through secure checkout, shredding documents with personally identificable information such as account numbers and addresses, as well as refusing to give out your social security number unless required for tax or benefit purposes.

Susan Tompor of the Detroit Free Press wrote, “The IRS told tax professionals in an IRS alert Thursday afternoon that the one-week delay for some refunds relates to fine-tuning IRS systems to adjust for new safeguards put in place this tax season to provide stronger protection against refund fraud….The safeguards relate to growing concerns about cyberfraud and crooks who are obtaining refunds by stealing Social Security numbers, creating fake returns, filing 1040s electronically early in the season and obtaining tax refunds.”

RoadFish’s editor is quoted as saying, “Now I get that it can be annoying that your tax return is a whole week late, but honestly, if that is the price to pay to have the IRS on point to catch fraudulent tax returns with stolen social security numbers then that is a small price. It is horrifying to me that people are despicable enough to steal someone’s personal information for their own gain, but it does happen. With identity theft on the rise, spreading the word on simple actions that can be taken to minimize the risk of someone muddying your credit report or taking over your life seemed right.”

As RoadFish released their tips, NJToday.net released a story about 2 people in Middlesex County that were charged with filing false federal income tax returns.

NJToday.net stated, “According to documents filed in this case: Both defendants are charged with preparing with co-conspirators false tax returns in the name of another person. The returns included an address that did not correspond with the actual address of the person whose name and Social Security number was used on the fraudulent return; false statements about income; false W-2 forms from employers who did not employ the person named on the return; false information about income tax withholding, and false claims for refunds.”

Hopefully, RoadFish’s tips will help unsuspecting Americans to guard their personal and financial information in light of this real issue.

About RoadFish.com

RoadFish.com is an online men’s lifestyle and finance magazine targeted toward men in their 30′s and 40′s that have already attained a moderate level of success in life, and are striving toward more. It goes over current events of interest to this group, such things as exciting adventures, consumer interests, financial health as well as ways to make more and save more money. It is a publication owned by Purpose Inc.

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