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Where Have All of the Bank Branches Gone?
A recent Wall Street Journal report indicated that there have been unprecedented closures of bank branches in the 12 months ending June 2017. Some 1,700 branches were closed that period, the largest one-year decline ever recorded. And,... Read →
Bitcoin Cannot Get to Zero Fast Enough
The stock market is coming off of its most recent highs quite dramatically, and CNBC is full of pundits trying to explain its fall and guess about its future. People who loose money in the market today will no doubt have opportunities to... Read →
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Where is My Roy Cohn?
Donald Trump, at a moment of great insecurity, was heard recently to exclaim, "Where is my Roy Cohn?" It was, at the same time, unsettling and telling. Unsettling because it revealed much about Trump when he is most... Read →
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As Certificate of Deposit Rates Rise, So Too Does their Risk
For many years, Certificates of Deposits (CDs) have provided a relatively safe way for investors to earn a little more than the best savings rates. For this reason, BestCashCow has always recommended that people take a look at short term... Read →
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The US to Go Down the UK’s Horrible Infrastructure Path
I lived in London in 2000 and 2001 and worked for a consultancy that pushed so-called public-private partnerships (“PPPs”). As an American and as an entrepreneur, I became personally disgusted by the concept of PPPs. The... Read →
Dell, VMWare and the Biggest Investment Mistakes I Have Ever Made
The biggest investment mistakes that I have ever made all have one thing in common, whether they have involved being long a stock or failing to be long a stock, or shorting a stock. And, that one thing has been to stay with an investment... Read →
2018 Safest Banks
Contact us at [email protected] for more information.The editors of BestCashCow today release the site's list of the five safest banks in each of the 50 States in the country. We’ve compiled the list based on the financial... Read →
What is the Difference Between A Savings Account And A Money Market Account?
Savings accounts and money market accounts are extremely similar account types. In fact, they are so similar that BestCashCow lists them together. Both are basic ways to stash cash while keeping it accessible (they are liquid accounts). ... Read →
A Leading Online Bank is Trying to Sell You Gold; Should You Bite?
Dollar Savings Direct, a division of Emigrant Bank, now offers depositors a competitive savings rate. After a many year hiatus from the online savings market, Emigrant returns to a competitive position for a company that a decade ago was... Read →
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Immigration Policy is Badly in Need of Change – And Neither Party Understands or Uses Hard Data
The Democrats are painting themselves into a corner over a too extreme position in favor of a very liberal immigration policy. In the current environment, the Democrats will have to give some. The Republicans, on the other hand, are just... Read →
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Purepoint May Be Changing Its Focus
Purepoint MUFG, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group, entered the online banking market in late 2016 in a very aggressive manner, offering what was then the highest online savings and highest 1-year CD... Read →
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Giant Pharmaceutical Companies Abandon Research on Alzheimer’s Disease, Leaving Millions Without Hope
For years now, those suffering from Alzheimer’s, their families and their caregivers have been holding their collective breaths awaiting announcements by big pharma of a breakthrough on major research and development to find a cure... Read →
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A Physical Exam Without a Test for Dementia
Trump will soon have his first full physical exam since entering the White House. There has been much concern expressed, given the explosion of questions about his mental state, that he will not be having any tests for dementia as part of... Read →
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The Pendulum Swing
A lot of very positive things have happened in the last months, all of which have given important visibility to sexism in our daily work lives and to the still very much unfinished work of equal rights in every thing and everyway for women.... Read →
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