Fear and Panic. Now is NOT the Time to Sell - Today's bad economic news coupled with investor fear over...

How to buy stocks online - My brother-in-law recently decided he wanted to buy some...

Presidential Obama Action Plan - Some of my views and potential actions that the new...

Should we bailout the US automakers? - The US owned automakers directly or indirectly touch most...

AmEx customers after their Bailout - Because consumers are being careful with their money in...

Bad Assests, Bad Congress and now Bad Planning - In a striking admission, Paulson said that buying up...

An Introduction to Trading Options Effectively - This overview of options and associated trading tips...

China Out-Stimulates the US - With China’s gross domestic product (GDP) around $3.5...

Timing of the Next Stimulus Payment - President-Elect Obama hasn't said anything yet but I...

Profiting fromf a Yahoo Takeover Trade - I think Microsoft is desperate to get Yahoo's search...

Airline Price Gouging Customers - I have been tracking airline tickets prices over the last...

Optioning Apple (AAPL) $190 Calls - Rationale behind the purchase of Apple $190 April call...

Teaching Kids to Invest - The stock market is dynamic and always changing -so it...

Your Financial Future - McCain vs Obama - Here is a summary comparison of the key financial reforms...

Global Home Price Declines Accelerating - Falling home prices (and the mortgages written on these...

America's Income and Wealth Inequality - America has by far the widest income distribution. The...

Is Citibank Going Bust by Offering a 3.5% APY! - When Citibank, which has suffered huge losses and write...

Why the US dollar is rising so fast - Despite global economic woes, one positive aspect for...

My Rant on Obama & Wall Street Greed - So tighten the supervision of lending standards. Monitor...

The Comprehensive Options Trading Reference Guide for Beginners - Over the last 10 years I have traded all sorts of...

Dow falls below 5000! - Based on the recent rapid moves in the market, mainly to...

Tax Changes under McCain and Obama - The table below provides a nice summary contrasting the...

The Crashes of 2008 - Year End Predictions - Year end predictions on 5 key issues affecting all our...

Why it may be worthwhile to reduce my 401K contributions for now - I am going to take a contrarian view of retirement...

Understanding Mark to Market Accounting - Breaking down Mark to Market accounting in an easy to...

Economic Indicators signal major collapse ahead - The credit crisis has gone global and economic indicators...

American Employees: Cheap to Fire - America and New Zealand are among the most...

Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds yielding upto 8%! - Why are tax free money market funds providing such high...

America's Ten Trillion Dollar National Debt - All the federal bailouts, treasury cash injections and...

Foreclosure Rescue Scams - Coming to your Neighborhood - It seems that wherever there is an easy buck to be made...

$700 Billion Bailout bill fails to pass - Dow down 700 points - The Republicans were the ones that rejected the bill,...

Alternatives to the $700 billion financial bailout - The common slogan from both parties and presidential...

The Good, the Bad and the Greedy - Wall Street Criminals on notice - Looks like the financial crisis is taking the much...

Leverage 101 – The Real Cause of the Financial Crisis - What really caused the magnitude of the current financial...

The Trillion-dollar bailout and why it will be profitable for taxpayers - I believe that over the next 3 to 5 years, taxpayers will...

Bailout Nation - The final hand has been played and all the cards on the...

Moving my Vanguard Money Market funds to FDIC insured savings account - I made the move today because I wanted to fully protect...

Can women get a better deal on cars? - Do you think gender differences and perceptions still...

House Prices decline around the world - It's confirmed. The United States of America has suffered...

AIG Bailout - that makes 4 - How many more bailouts to taxpayers have to fund to...

Is ING a better choice than HSBC direct given their APY change - With the drop in HSBC's APY, I think the selection...

Employee Impacts from the Financial Meltdown - While a number of groups have been affected by the...

High Yield Saving Account Rates Compared Globally - To illustrate the global interest rate differentials I...

Tips to Getting a Great Deal when buying a car - Here are some of my real life tips that can hopefully be...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeover and conservatorship - Impacts and Outcomes - Only time will tell if this works. Monday should be a...

Jobs and Housing - The one two punch. Start growing your emergency funds now - Jobs and housing data suggest we are heading into a deep...

The Beige Book and the State of the Economy - The latest Beige book, reflecting recent weak conditions,...

Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) - Pros' and Cons - Why Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) are a great...

Six sure fire ways for students to ruin their financial future - As students start college or university, they will have a...

Four ways to deal with higher taxes - With our growing national debt and continued increase in...

Characteristics required for profitable blogging - Common success characteristics required to do well in...

A look at the Pros and Cons of Reverse mortgages - A indepth overview of reverse mortgages and when they are...

Here we go again - Financial Crisis rolls on - The financial media are again harbingers of more doom and...

Too expensive to file for bankruptcy - Is it getting too expensive to file for bankruptcy? Yes,...

Review of Barron's/Value Line fund manager survey for investment ideas - Excerpts from the latest Barron's/Value Line survey which...

Working and Living in Dubai - Is all that glitters gold - A look at the Pro's and Cons of living and working in...

Housing relief bill outrage - Destroyed by Divorce - My article on the 2008 housing relief bill elicited some...

Oil's temporary respite - See why high oil will be back.

The housing crisis and wealth decimation - As a result of the collapse of the housing bubble,...

The A to Z of good personal finance - Here is literally the A to Z of good personal finance...

Paying off your mortgage - what would you do with the spare cash? - Not having to pay rent or a mortgage is one of the key...

Will $5 extra really make a difference - The Federal minimum wage rose 70 cents, from $5.85 to...

$482,000,000,000 - What is this number, and why you should be concerned...

Why you should be angry with the 2008 Housing Relief Bill - Apart from a short term slowing of the current housing...

The rising price of oil and market outlook vidcast - few weeks ago I indicated that the rising price of oil...

Bloggers are inefficient employees - This was the premise of an email I recently received from...

Save $29 in less than a minute - How to save money and shop on-line more effectively by...

21 Signs that you are losing interest in your job - At some point in time most of us have been through...

Quirky Finance : Horse Power making a comeback - With high gas prices, an emerging trend developing in...

Losing those office perks in corporate cutbacks - A less serious, but widespread fallout of tough economic...

Single Step Personal Finance Challenge- Roth IRA - My single step personal finance challenge is going to be...

Is Apple still a buy and a look at their upcoming earnings - Apple report's their fiscal third quarter earnings on...

Debit Cards linked to your 401(k)! Danger ahead. - Reserve Management Corp (RMC) is offering a service to...

Shopping Effectively - Over the weekend I went shopping to a large outlet mall...

Protect yourself from Gas thefts for less than $25 - One of the more unsavory aspects of the inexorable rise...

US dollar update, outlook and opinions - Dollar declines to new low". This statement could be...

HSBC versus ING Direct online savings accounts. Which is better - recently received a reader question asking me which high...

Investing lessons for the young - How many times have you looked back on life and wished...

Apple 3G iPhone update and Analyst opinions - As many of my readers know I bought a significant amount...

Easy ways to cope with higher gas - Simple ideas I use and have read about to save on gas as...

VMware : Another dot com sequel

Saving to Invest - Towards Financial Freedom by Saving Effectively and...