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From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 18, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Yesterday afternoon I got an e-mail from a PR firm obviously hired by GM to mobilize grass roots support for a government bail-out of their customer (and presumably of other US car manufacturers). One of ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 17, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
The post I wrote last week about reducing your car insurance bill got me thinking about other kinds of insurance, and how useful they are. As I have written before, insurance should be reserved for ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 16, 2008 at 6:35 pm ET
Here are some of the personal finance articles that I enjoyed this past week, with some opinion thrown in for good measure: Have you recently tried to use the free annual credit report website? Changes that ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 14, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Talk is increasing about a government bail-out for home owners who cannot handle the burden of their mortgages. This annoys me no end. My regular readers know that I have previously written strongly in favor ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 13, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
In times of economic crunch, we all look for ways to save money, whether it's by curbing our shopping habits, or just making sure we have the most affordable auto insurance available. While changing insurance ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 12, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Last week I wrote a very popular post about how to avoid getting laid-off. However, recognizing that in some cases whatever you do will not spare you the pink slip, this article is all about ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 10, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Many investors swear that dividend yielding stocks are better investments than other stocks. Some fellow personal finance bloggers like the Div Guy believe in dividends so much that they dedicate their entire blog, not to ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 8, 2008 at 5:52 pm ET
Here are some of the personal finance articles I enjoyed over the previous week. To be honest, this week I did not have much time to roam far and wide, as I normally do, and ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 7, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Have you noticed how in volatile times, it is very often that the stock market swings wildly and reverses trend during the last hour of trading? Sometimes, just when it looks like you are going ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 6, 2008 at 11:07 am ET
In last week's season premier episode of 30 Rock (which you can watch here) Alec Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy gives career advice to some low levels employees at GE. I am paraphrasing a bit, but ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 6, 2008 at 3:31 am ET
It is done. Obama is the president elect of the U.S.Sitting in front of the television last night and trying to watch about 8 different news channels simultaneously, after some of the networks started calling Pennsylvania ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 4, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Mass lay-offs are coming across corporate America, and while most of us will remain employed throughout the upcoming recession, millions of us may find ourselves out of a job. While in some cases entire divisions ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 3, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
I don't know about you, but I am filled with hope and anticipation for tomorrow's elections. Even with all my cynicism and jadedness with respect to the American political system, I find that I am ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogNovember 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm ET
Here are some of the personal finance articles that I enjoyed over the past week:JLP from All Financial Matters posted an article about the 50 worst months in the stock market and how the market ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 31, 2008 at 12:27 pm ET
Quitting your job in this kind of dismal hiring environment seems like a horrible career move at best and as an irresponsible financial move at worst. Nevertheless, about a month ago, just before the worst ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 29, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
While consumer confidence reached an all time low last month, it seems like Americans are finally figuring out that paying down debt and saving more is the way to go, especially in tough times. Having ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 27, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
This question never occurred to me in the context of the current economic tumult. When I got my life insurance policy I checked the status of my company - Protective Life - with all the ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 25, 2008 at 6:03 pm ET
Here are some of the interesting personal finance articles I read this past week:NPR featured a good interview with Vanguard founder John Boggle in which he reiterates his investment advice: don't panic and make rash ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 24, 2008 at 6:50 pm ET
The other day I went with a couple of colleagues to grab a cup of coffee at Starbucks - actually, they went to grab some coffee and I tagged along - for one thing I ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm ET
There's a lot of talk these days about market volatility and one measure that is frequently mentioned in connection with this volatility is the so-called VIX index. So what is this VIX index? Yesterday I ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 21, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
U.S. democracy is flawed. Yes - I know that the automatic reaction of most Americans is to yell down anyone that says anything even mildly critical of our country, but hear me out. In the ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 19, 2008 at 6:35 pm ET
Here are some of the personal finance articles I enjoyed this week:The NY Times posted a column by Warren Buffet telling folks that he believes the stock market is a good investment and that he ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 17, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
Do you notice the pervasive doom and gloom everywhere you go? It seems like people only want to talk about how much money they have lost in the stock market, how bad the economy is ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 17, 2008 at 2:58 am ET
During the previous recession, a.k.a the dotcom bust, I was running my own small business (a business development consultancy), and let me tell you something: running a small business in a recession is not an ... ( more)
From Money and Such - view blog entries - visit this blogOctober 16, 2008 at 10:00 am ET
A colleague sent me the following investing strategy yesterday, and I figured I would share is with the world. Seems reasonable to me:"If you had purchased $1,000 of AIG stock one year ago, you would ... ( more)
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