Eric Tyson

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Hiring Help and Resources

Hired Helped: Finding the Best Financial Advisors

In my early twenties, I had a spare couple of thousand dollars to invest. Precious metals were getting a lot of coverage in the press as interest rates and inflation were rising fast. On the basis of some official looking ads placed in The Wall Street Journal, I made contact

Best Online Resources for Finding Service Providers

Free Credit Score or Scam? What FreeCreditScore.Com Gives You.

FreeCreditScore.com has flooded television and other media outlets with their attention grabbing and musical advertising (see recent ad below). I've noticed their ads (how could you not!) and have been asked about their "offer" of getting your credit score for "free." The parent

Getting Help with Spending and Debt from a Budget Counselor

Questioning What You Read, Hear and Watch

I've written extensively about how the news media is dependent upon advertisers (this is especially problematic online). But the media suffers from an even larger potential problem. Too many reporters, journalists, etc. lack sufficient expertise (and time) to do a thorough and informed job when they cover personal

Retirement Plan Investors Getting Poor and Self Serving Advice From Brokers and Financial Advisors

Update: A Media Led Depression?

Update October 6, 2010: Nearly two years ago, on November 14, 2008, I wrote the article below about the numerous articles in the mainstream media raising the specter that we were heading into a depression. As I documented below, this hype had become so prevalent that the majority of Americans