debt economy

If you’re in your 20s or 30s, forget about saving for retirement. I don’t mean forget about saving and investing, I mean change your saving goals from “retirement” which is …

Anywhere you find financial reporting, you’ll find conventional investment wisdom on display. Whether it’s online or on cable television, it’s never far from our eyes and there are many people …

It’s interesting to watch the investment world because, over time, you start to notice that it has fashion trends, just like the clothing industry. Hemlines go up, hemlines go down, …

I’m sure everyone has heard the old truism that money can’t buy happiness. The problem with that statement is that scientific experiments have shown, again and again, that higher incomes …

The numbers don’t lie, Americans are addicted to debt. The numbers available as of July 2014 paint an alarming picture of a populace drunk on borrowing and on a collision …

The news is bad when it comes to credit card debt but buried in that news is a glimmer of hope for the future. First here’s the bad news. According …

It really seems quite insane some days. Millions of Americans are jolted out of a sound sleep by the alarm clock and spend a weary hour getting dressed and amping …

It’s hard to believe but identity theft has been a federal crime since the late ’90s. Slowly but surely we’re actually getting better at both preventing identity theft and dealing …

It’s not unusual to hear people complaining about the government, and about how Wall Street is corrupting our political processes. It is certainly true our political process is corrupt — …

There are a lot of reasons people end up stuck in financial mediocrity, and almost none have anything to do with how much money they make. Unless you are at …