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A vote on the future of the Federal Reserve chief is due to be held this week. It's unclear whether or not Ben Bernanke, the current Fed chairman, will be re-appointed. I think it would be a disaster if he wasn't given a second term.

Wall Street Journal reporter Scott Patterson has written an interesting book called "The Quants" that suggests how a new breed of mathematicians and computer scientists took over much of the financial system—and the damage they inflicted in the 2007 meltdown.

According to recent research investors expect a return of about 13.7% per year from stocks. On a historical basis is this a realistic assumption, or are people being overly optimistic?

ISRG has been on a tear, but I am not a big fan. I explain my rational below.

Enough with making Ben Bernanke their scapegoat before the fall elections. The United States Senate should confirm Bernanke for a second term.

A lot can be learned from those who have succeeded before us, both from an aspirational and practical perspective. The mental mechanism used to approach investing and personal finance is critical. Here are 23 simple tips from two of the world's greatest investors.

Gold may be a means to store value and retain wealth, silver may be the vehicle to increase wealth and is affordable to the average person.

Most people, as well as politicians and the government, think unemployment is lower than 10% nationally. At least that's what they'd have you believe. Well don't believe it!

The U.S. housing market beginning no later than the fall of 2010 will start the next leg down of the housing market correction. The fall of 2010 is when the next spike in U.S. mortgage resets kicks-in along with the yearly seasonal downturn in the housing market.

Now we are faced with a very real human tragedy (as opposed to a financial one) just beyond our borders affecting 3 million. Is our response adequate when compared to our response last year?

We all know to save money, but few do. This article explains 5 guidelines to begin (and continue) saving money.

An controversial article in today's Financial Times really irks me and causes me to want to cancel my subscription. Just the suggestion that bankruptcy is good for America by a non-American commentator drives me crazy.

Nobel winning economist Paul Krugman believes there is a 30-40% change of a double-dip recession in 2010.

Today was a full day of news of the economy, but not a lot of changes in the bond markets.