We’ve been so focused on the mortgage part of the current credit and economic crisis, that we have been neglecting a very large segment of debt lately: credit cards.
Right now, there are reports that the credit card default rate is set to spike. This is because as individuals find it harder to make ends meet […]
Today I read a story from the San Francisco Chronicle about how Target is paying $1.7 million in order to settle a penalty for overcharging customers in California. This got me to thinking: How much attention do I pay to the prices ringing up at the cash register?
I also thought this: How much would the […]
I have been loving SNL since the economy and the election have provided so much good fodder. This Weekend Update segment was great. It includes some pretty funny stuff relating to the economy.
Happy Friday!
Tags: AIG, Economy, election, Friday Fun Video, happy friday, SNL, Weekend Update, yielding wealth
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I am a big advocate of saving money. And I don’t mean just by spending less through coupon clipping and general frugality. I mean actually saving money — setting aside for some future date and/or emergency. Over at Passion Saving, Rob Bennett offers 10 very interesting and somewhat unconventional tips for saving money. Here are […]
In these increasingly tough financial times, it is no surprise that people are starting to think about the household budget and what can be done to save a little more money. Or at least get the spending under control.
I’ve got a guest post up over at Budgets are Sexy. It’s all about how the first […]
Somehow, this doesn’t make me feel any better about the $700 billion bailout just passed by the Senate. Do you feel better about the Senate bailout package?
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Last night, as I’m sure you are reading all over the place, the Senate passed the bailout package. The thing, now, though, is that some say that $700 billion just isn’t enough to inject liquidity into the markets and stimulate the economy. Here is what Bloomberg reports on the stock market’s tepid response to the […]
Okay, I about died laughing when I saw this!
Image credit/source: scriptingnews on Flickr
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I have a few people that email me every now and again wondering about the state of the U.S. dollar. These are folks that are interested in it for investing purposes, because they expect to travel overseas in the next year or so, or are just concerned about the dollar’s standing in the world.
Lately, I’ve […]
SO, I just saw this as my browser homepage opened on the Doonesbury page at Slate.com:
“It’s not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
– Treasury spokes- woman on the $700B bailout figure
This kind of worries me. It means that no real analysis of this has been […]
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