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What Does Obama Mean for Your Money?

By Anya Kamenetz on Nov. 07, 2008 Comments?

What Does Obama Mean for Your Money? Read...

Barack Obama And The Economic Crisis

By Jason Simon on Nov. 06, 2008 Comments?

How do you see Barack Obama impacting the economy? Read...

Banking 101: The Art of Financial Illusion

By Jerry L. King, Jr. on Oct. 09, 2008 Comments?

Stop playing stupid when our own government proves to us again and again that they’ll bail out corporate America, but won’t lift a finger to help the average citizen in distress! Read...

Banking Bailout, What's Your Opinion?

By Jason Simon on Oct. 08, 2008 Comments?

How do you feel about the bailout? Read...

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Four Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis

By David Weliver on Oct. 07, 2008 Comments?

What does the 2008 financial crisis mean for average people like you and me? Unfortunately, it’s too soon to say. We can, however, begin to reflect on what these messy economics have taught us, and how we can apply that to our personal finances. Read...

Understand Bankruptcy Now: Avoid it Later

By David Weliver on Oct. 03, 2008 Comments?

Over one million U.S. consumers will declare bankruptcy in 2008 according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. Bankruptcy can relieve struggling consumers of their debts, but it also creates financial consequences that can last 10 years. Indebted or not, understanding how bankruptcy works can help you make smarter credit decisions for years to come. Read...

Government Invests to Educate Youth About Handling Credit

By Jason Simon on Oct. 02, 2008 Comments?

The federal government is scrambling to prevent our financial system from falling apart while the Treasury Department is moving forward with an initiative to educate young adults aged 18-24 about handling credit more responsibly. Read...

How the Mortgage Industry Works (or Worked!)

By TheWeakonomist on Sep. 30, 2008 Comments?

Since last summer, Americans have painfully watched their economy's fire dwindle to just a hunk of burnt charcoal. There were many factors that could have doused the flame, but it started with mortgages. Read...

Don’t Press the Panic Button

By Broke Grad on Sep. 29, 2008 Comments?

As a customer of WaMu, I’ll get to experience the change of hands firsthand. So far, so good. Despite all of the dramatic news coverage about people pulling their money out of WaMu, I left mine in there, and guess what? It’s still there! Read...

Lawmakers Reject Bailout

By Jason Simon on Sep. 29, 2008 Comments?

Yes, it’s true. Like it or not, U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry in a vote of 228-to-205 that sent global markets sliding. The plan's defeat sent U.S. stocks down sharply, with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly falling more than 700 points. Read...

The Day the Lending Lords Died

By TheWeakonomist on Sep. 23, 2008 Comments?

On Sunday, September 9, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pulled out his figurative “bazooka” and fired it down the street to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (henceforth referred to as “the Frannies,” “the GSEs,“ “F&M,” “F&F,” “M&M,” “Frack,” “Mac Daddy,” or “Ms. Mary Mac”). The federal government took over the two companies. Read...

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The FDIC: What It Is and Why You (Might) Need It

By David Weliver on Sep. 22, 2008 Comments?

Never keep more than $100,000 in cash at any one bank. If you are married, you can safely keep up to $200,000 in a joint account. Read...

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Big Business Magazines Got It Wrong

By Anya Kamenetz on Sep. 19, 2008 Comments?

Gawker has a good bit of media criticism posted on how the big business magazines, in relatively recent issues, touted stock in AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Lehman Brothers. (Nationalized, fire sale, and bankruptcy, in case you haven't been following the news.) Read...

Rich Athletes, Poor Minds

By Jerry L. King, Jr. on Sep. 08, 2008 Comments?

Evander Holyfield is broke? Wasn’t he the heavyweight champ who made $200 million dollars in his career? How is it that a poor grandmother who never made more than $15,000 per year ironing clothes ends up donating $150,000 to a local college, and this guy ends up broke?

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Are Tax Rebates for Splurging?

By Jason Simon on Jun. 16, 2008 Comments?

The federal government assumes that most Americans are going to spend their economic stimulus tax rebate in a way that will help boost the economy. However, a recent poll suggests otherwise. Read...

Payday Wasn't Your Day?

By Suzanne Kahn on Apr. 07, 2008 Comments?

Wait, what? There was a big payday for Wall St. last week? I thought Wall St. was in a crisis. I thought the economy was crashing to the ground and the Federal Reserve was staying up all night, rewriting the rules, to pull the banks through. Read...

Money Matters as Economic Concerns Grow

By Jason Simon on Mar. 07, 2008 Comments?

I know many people navigating two jobs, and/or working sixty plus hours a week. This is challenging and exhausting, but can be worth it! Read...

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