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Annual Percentage Rate for Purchases and Cash Advances:
7.99%
Annual Percentage Rate for Balance Transfers:
0% APR for 6 billing periods from the posting date of the balance transfer check *
Grace Period for Repayment of Balances for Purchases:
You have 25 days to repay your balance for purchases before a finance charge on purchases will be imposed. If the new balance is not paid in full within 25 days, a finance charge will apply to both the balance remaining (including current billing cycle transactions) and to all transactions during succeeding billing cycles until the new balance is paid in full.
Method of Computing the Balance for Purchases:
Average daily balance method (including current transactions). The finance charge for a billing cycle is computed by applying the "Monthly Periodic Rate" to the average daily balance of Credit Purchases, which is determined by dividing the sum of the daily balances during the billing cycle by the number of days in the cycle. To get the "Monthly Periodic Rate" applicable to the current billing cycle, the APR in effect is divided by 12. Each daily balance of Credit Purchases is determined by adding to the outstanding unpaid balance of Credit Purchases at the beginning of the billing cycle any new Credit Purchases made on your account, and subtracting any payments as received and credits as posted to your account, but excluding any unpaid Finance Charges.

Annual Fees:
NONE
Minimum Finance Charge:
$1.00
Transaction Fee for Purchases:
NONE
Transaction Fee for Balance Transfers:
NONE

Transaction Fee for Cash Advances
Advances and Other Fees: Cash Advance Fee: None
Late Payment Fee: $15 for balance less than $100, $29 for balance of $100 to $1,000, $35 for balance greater than $1,000
Over-the-Credit-Limit Fee: $29.00
Insufficient Check Fee: $29.00
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	Much like the bad credit home loan market, the bad credit automobile loan market is a crowded and competitive arena. If you find yourself in the position of needing a bad credit automobile loan use caution in selecting your lender. While most lenders dealing in the bad credit car loan sector are honest, there are those who skirt the law with predatory loan practices. Knowledge is the best defense against these dishonest loan agents. Know more about your own credit than the lenders do. Arm yourself with a recent credit report and FICO score. If a lender says he has different information about your credit than you do, ask him for his sources. If at all possible deal with a financial institution where you already have a banking relationship. Many banks and credit unions will help you apply for "second chance" programs. They know that when they help their customers in the short run they will retain the business of those customers in the long run. Be Careful With Who You Apply With - Be extremely cautious when responding to any solicitations from bad credit lenders no matter how those solicitations are received. Do not give any sensitive personal information to a lender until you have checked the company out with the Better Business Bureau. The best course of action is to initiate contact with a lender yourself from a list you have compiled through the Better Business Bureau and personal references. Don’t be embarrassed by the fact that you are having to inquire about a bad credit automobile loan. Many lenders make more money off of their bad credit customers than off of their more credit worthy customers. Find out the current interest rates - Interest rates fluctuate from day to day, so check them often. Depending upon the state of your credit you can expect to pay from as little as 2% above the average rate to as much as 17% above the average rate. Rates above this are in many cases illegal. Watch out for lenders who charge the legal rates but tack on an assortment of finance charges and prepayment penalties. Research The Price of Your Car - When you have narrowed down your car choices, research the value of the different models. The price of a car being financed with a bad credit loan may be a little higher than the same car for a good credit loan, however, the difference should only be a few hundred dollars not a few thousand dollars. You can become trapped in loan if the dealer inflates the price to the point where the car is financed for more than it is worth. Just as you will shop for your car, shop for your lender and let all of them know that you are talking with more than one company. If you think a lender can do better, state your case and ask for different terms. Any reputable lender will put its proposals in writing with all the blanks filled in. Further, you should always be allowed ample time to read all of the loan documents. Walk away from any lender who pushes you to sign something that you haven’t had time to read. There are compromises you will have to make because you need to obtain a bad credit auto loan. These compromises don’t include being taken advantage of by a predatory lender. A bad credit auto loan should be a stepping stone to reestablishing your credit not a trap that may result in additional credit difficulties.

This is a common occurrence. You heard people say that 'the real estate sector is hot' or 'the internet sector is growing rapidly' or 'let's buy the oil sector now. Energy price will rise again' next year. Sounds familiar? It is. This is because these people encouraged you to invest in specific sectors.

What is wrong with sector investing? There is a common believe that rising tide will lift all boats. Therefore, when internet search is hot, then every companies in the field from Google to Looksmart will rise two to three folds, right? Wait a minute. Have you looked at the graph of Looksmart lately? If you haven't, here is the two year graph of Looksmart Ltd. Let me show you another example. Everybody knows about the rising energy price, most notably oil. Therefore, if you look at the five year chart of energy companies from Chevron and the like, you would expect similar upward trajectory movement, right? Wrong. Take a look at a five year chart of an energy company IvanHoe Energy Inc. here.

So, should we look at sectors when investing? Absolutely. Sector search is very useful during your preliminary research. Auto sector is down. This might be a good place to find stock bargains, right? Yes. Should we blindly invest in any stocks in the auto industry? The answer is no. This goes back to the purpose of an investor. Investor exists to make the greatest return of assets possible while minimizing risk. The sensible way to do that is to compare investment alternative and pick the investment vehicles that may give investors the highest return. In the case of stock, we are looking at the expected profit of a company with respect to its stock price. This is the basis of the return on investment of stock investors.

Therefore, once you identify that the auto sector is a bargain, your homework continues. You should find companies that can give you higher return than the risk free ten year treasury bond. Currently, the ten year is yielding 4.52%. Since 4.52% is risk free, we need to find stocks that can yield more than 4.52% for the foreseeable future. Yield on a common stock can be calculated by dividing earning per share (EPS) with the stock price. If you invert this ratio, you will get the most commonly discussed ratio in the investment community, Price Earning (P/E) ratio.

Sector search is very useful in identifying future investment prospect. However, do not just blindly invest in stocks in specific sector. In the long run, stock price is correlated with the amounts of profit it can produce. Stock price does not correlate to the performance of other peers in the industry.