Increasing credit card debt has become a disturbing phenomenon in the United States in recent times. When you end up using cards for myriad purchases such as paying for shoes,…
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Credit cards are easy to use, and can be helpful financial instruments. Today, many Americans use cards as reserve funds to cover medium to large purchases. However, it is also…
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A few millennia ago, shining, yellow nuggets, which we now know as gold, were discovered. It was first discovered in streams across the globe in its natural state. It is…
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When it comes to housing options your choices are between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. The sorry state of our housing market is driving people to crazy extremes,…
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The latest GDP data showed the U.S. economy growing at an anemic one-point-two percent as strong retail sales were largely canceled out by a reduction in business investment. Most disturbingly…
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If you ever watched the TV show COPS, then you noticed the bizarre number of times that people talked themselves into getting arrested. When the cops tell you that you…
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Traditional economic theory suggests that investors are rational decision-makers and, therefore, markets are rational. Anyone who still believes that is doing so in the face of mounting evidence, both in…
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It almost seems unfair. Consumers get a break on summer gas prices and that seemingly good thing is actually a bad omen for the future. Gas prices have dropped nearly…
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Retirement planning is an essential part of a person’s professional life because let’s face it, nobody wants to be financially dependent at any point in their existence. Well, no self-respecting…
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Bad financial advice comes from a lot of sources, most of which are trying to sell you something. Most of the time that advice is coming from well known names…