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Articles concerning the ecomomy, personal finances, retirement planning, investing, discounts, etc. This wikizine is a place for you to share your exepriences and ideas about your money and how to manage it better, as well as your... [more]

Articles concerning the ecomomy, personal finances, retirement planning, investing, discounts, etc. This wikizine is a place for you to share your exepriences and ideas about your money and how to manage it better, as well as your opinions about the economy in general. Are we headed for a recession? What will be the impact? Is the price of gold about to "top out"? Will oil prices ever get back below $80 a barrel?

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Beware of Scams!

Written by drjack99 on
As a service to my friends and loyal readers, I'd like to pass along a website that I have discovered quite by accident. If you have some spare time and not much spare change, so you're looking for ways to make some money working from home, be very, very careful. ALMOST every offer you see online is just a scam designed to make money for someone else. YOUR money. So look before you leap by subscribing to the free newsletter offer you will find at http://www.mrworkathome.com/ The research has already been done for you, the scams identified, and recommended sites are listed for you ... Read Full Story

Today's Recession Update

Written by drjack99 on
How can you protect your retirement finances? If you are concerned about your 401K or IRA or other investments you hope to use to finance your retirement, now would be an appropriate time for concern, but not for panic. After the sudden emergency ¾ point rate cut by the fed yesterday, Asian markets recovered nicely, though early news from the European markets was not so upbeat. The Korean market rose nearly 11%, Japan recovered about 2%, Hong Kong eked out a point or two and Australia rose 4 ½ % after the fed announced the unexpected cuts. Will that be enough to stop the ... Read Full Story

Recession - Will it affect you?

Written by drjack99 on
Many of the folks I know and work with seem to be totally unconcerned about all the recession talk. It is not the most frequent topic of conversation. In fact, many are not even all that sure what a recession really is. Like the law of gravity though, you do not need to understand it to be affected by it. The fact is, if we do indeed continue toward a recession, it will affect everyone in our society in some way, though some far more than others. The phenomenon that interests me most though is the way that the media frenzy over certain things ... Read Full Story

Recession - What's Happening?

Written by drjack99 on
What is the trigger? There can be no doubt that we are in the midst of some very troublesome economic times. The meltdown of the housing industry in the wake of all the greedy sub-prime lending coupled with $100 a barrel oil have put the U.S. economy in a real tizzy. Worldwide, markets are being affected by the weakening of the U.S. dollar, and there is no shortage of headlines to stir up public emotions in every major city. The problem is serious enough without the chicken little “sky is falling” headlines. But when I read the leading article headers on three online news ... Read Full Story

Not in a recession yet, but this may be worse than you think

Written by drjack99 on
Interesting information. At present, with the decline in housing values at around 8.4% nationally, 13.5% of homeowners now owe more than their homes are worth. But this is happening with only with an 8.4% fall in the housing market. What happens with a 15% or 30% fall? Goldman-Sachs, now praised for avoiding the pitfalls of sub-prime lending, projects that this won't bottom out until we reach 15% or even 30%. First American Finance (NYSE:FAF) calculated the effect on homeowners if housing prices started falling, using data from December 2006 (and they certainly have started falling, haven't they?) Brace yourself! These numbers can be shocking. ... Read Full Story
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