MORE FROM ON THE MONEY TRAIL
Monday, January 25, 2010
A catastrophe coming: One year to go
Welcome to the New Year! With 2010 upon us, it's appropriate to remind all Americans, once again, of a tax law time bomb that continues to tick methodically.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Four reasons to be skeptical of economic pronouncements
This article explains that there are four justifiable reasons to be skeptical of economic pronouncements. In each case, you must consider the source from which these predictions come.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Pulling the plug on grandma
Is there any circumstance when grandma's plug should be pulled? Read this article to find out.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Health care reform: A closer look
This article predicts a bleak future for American's health care system.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Justice denied
This article details problems with the current prison system in the U.S. and explains exactly what that has to do with money.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Social Security: The pit deepens
This article describes the grim future of Social Security and highlights potential changes and steps that will likely be taken by the U.S. government.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
How not to profit from the current real estate panic
Want to cash in on the real estate panic? Read these words or warning before you make any moves.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Survival in tough times: Smart shopping
With customers now in short supply and lesser sums of money to be spent, the competition is as fierce as it is grotesque. As your dollars must be stretched longer and harder, you'd better spend each of them wisely.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Curing the financial meltdown of 2008
This article provides an outstanding description of the current financial meltdown, from its inception to future ramifications.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Do-nothing candidates
Read this article to learn more about the coming economic cataclysm and how the current presidential candidates are addressing the issue.
- A catastrophe coming: One year to go
Welcome to the New Year! With 2010 upon us, it's appropriate to remind all Americans, once again, of a tax law time bomb that continues to tick methodically.
- Four reasons to be skeptical of economic pronouncements
This article explains that there are four justifiable reasons to be skeptical of economic pronouncements. In each case, you must consider the source from which these predictions come.
- Social Security: The pit deepens
This article describes the grim future of Social Security and highlights potential changes and steps that will likely be taken by the U.S. government.
- How not to profit from the current real estate panic
Want to cash in on the real estate panic? Read these words or warning before you make any moves.
- Pulling the plug on grandma
Is there any circumstance when grandma's plug should be pulled? Read this article to find out.
- Maximizing interest rate returns
I'll acknowledge that, from today's perspective, an anticipated annual 7.5 percent return may seem somewhat optimistic - though not as outlandish as it would have seemed in mid-2004 when both money market funds and savings accounts were yielding l...
- Investing like a millionaire
The investment advisory world is not designed to bestow favorable treatment upon people simply because they possess high net worth. Instead, your personal involvement of each opportunity makes the difference.
- Why I Don't Invest in Mutual Funds
For more than four decades, I've involved myself in investments - including stocks and bonds, real estate, mortgage lending, and variety of enterprises - some of them hard to describe. However, there is one endeavor that I've systematically avoid...
- Corporate America at its finest
You may recall the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s and the Enron collapse in 2001. This article discusses the Merrill Lynch debacle of 2007 and its similarities to these earlier episodes.
- Justice denied
This article details problems with the current prison system in the U.S. and explains exactly what that has to do with money.
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