It’s hard to turn on a cable news program without seeing an ad for retirement planning. Most of those ads stress that we’re living longer, and that most people aren’t …
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Bitcoin values slid again in the wake of hacking facilitated by a flaw in the digital currency’s central software systems. If that wasn’t enough, government regulators are moving ahead on …
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If you think it costs more to take little Taco the Chihuahua or Whiskers the Cat to the see the vet, you’re not imagining it. It’s not unusual in many …
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The problem with ignoring Chicken Little is that, on a long enough timeline, at some point the little guy will be right. When it comes to the stock market, the …
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There’s an unfortunate impression that seems to have taken root in our culture, that people don’t like to work and will naturally just lay around all day if they could …
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You see them on TV — the parade of “B” actors talking in smooth, reassuring tones about how great a reverse mortgage can be. If it’s such a great deal, …
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When the big banks crashed our economy, froze credit markets, and put the entire global economy on the brink, our government responded by giving the very banks that caused the …
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Everyday millions of Americans head off to work with the illusion that they’ll still have a job at the end of the day. In fairness, the odds are in their …
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In the three-steps-forward-two-steps-back world of any new disruptive technology, Bitcoin has been experiencing the steps back over the past week. It started late in the first week of February, when …
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If there was a bright side to the recession of 2008/2009, it was that Americans shed billions in debt, at least temporarily. Consumers just stopped spending and paid down their …