The Straight Scoop
Incorporating Market Tendencies Into Your Investing Decision Making
Credit Unions May Offer Better Accounts and Benefits Than Your Bank
Credit unions are a unique creature (I guess I should say species) within the financial services firm universe. Credit unions are similar to banks in the products and services that they offer (although private banks tend to offer a deeper array). However, unlike banks which are run as private businesses
Identity Theft and Identity Fraud: A Large and Growing Risk
Hucksters and thieves are often several steps ahead of law enforcement. Eventually, some of the bad guys get caught, but many don't, and those who do get nabbed often go back to their unsavory ways after penalties and some jail time.
Crooks might access one of your accounts;
Update: Quantitative Easing: What is the Federal Reserve Really Doing?
Update May 21, 2012: After the Federal Reserve completed its second round of quantitative easing (QE), explained in my previous article below, various pundits have speculated whether their would be a third round of QE because of further expected economic sluggishness. With the recent resurgence of problems in the EU
Update: Government Response to High Oil and Gasoline Prices
Update: There continues to be plenty of bickering in Washington over the supposed causes of high oil and gasoline prices and what actions the government has or has not taken. The following graphic from the American Petroleum Institute shows a big source of the problem. Just 13 percent of federally
An Inside Look at My "Conversations" with Liberals, Socialists and Conservatives
In the last several years, as I have written on this web site, I have gained a deeper perspective on how and why various folks think about and misunderstand economic issues in America. In my previous work as a financial counselor and as a syndicated columnist and book author, I&