Are we living 2008 all over again? The Dow is at record highs, consumer debt is at record highs, and the Federal Reserve Chair seems high…. Does all of this…
Category: Personal Finance
I recently read about a very sad state of affairs that hits very close to home – close to Music City USA and close to many of my very good…
I remember hearing a story of a very typical American man who took his wife on a week-long vacation to a beautiful Caribbean island. Every day as Mr. & Mrs.…
You are a mercenary – a hired gun moving deftly from job to job against a landscape of economic prosperity dotted with traps, snares, and possible detours. You carve your…
Today we will look at 2 ways to profit from movement in the market – one by being “long” an asset and profiting when it increases in value, and another…
Turn on the tv, radio, or internet news, or check out a few Facebook/Twitter status updates – I read and hear near constant complaining about Wall St., the 1%, the…
The ads are all over the tv & radio… Whenever they’re not advertising certified diamonds or 4-hour erection medication there’s a hyped-up man on the verge of a tizzy offering you a “free…
The car lease – the sucker punch to the American middle class… The average American monthly lease payment is $412/month with over 30% of cars on the road today being leased.…
Today we’ll tackle the grandaddy of financial fallacies – the home mortgage and the much vaunted tax benefits of the mortgage interest deduction. Start talking home loans with any financial pundit and…