THE FINANCIAL ENTRAPMENT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Buy one, get one free: it's a familiar sales pitch for happy-hour cocktails or last season's fashions, but now a Belgian car dealer is luring customers with just that line. Antwerp-based Cardoen, which sells about 10,000 new and nearly new cars per year, started the promotion at the end of November and said it would run until December 15. During that period, customers can choose from a range of new, full-price cars -- the cheapest being a 22,800 euro ($28,930) Hyundai van -- and then pick a second free vehicle from a selection that goes up to 14,000 euros. "People have ... Read Full Story

Any financial adviser will tell you that the key to a healthy financial life is keeping track of where your money goes. You can’t budget if you don’t know how much you spend, where you spend it, how much you save, the amount of debt you need to pay off, and so on. The free Mint.com service can help you do exactly that. A single, intuitive platform lets you view your financial data from several sources, provides graphs and charts to monitor spending, alerts you to unusual spending behavior and upcoming due dates, and seeks money-saving offers for you. Best of all, it does ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Articles / Economic Crisis in October October 3, 2008 by Forex Trader   If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! Ours is no longer just a housing crisis. It is no longer just a financial crisis. It’s a full-scale economic crisis! What’s happening as a result? Earnings and sales problems, which were once concentrated in financial firms, are now spreading everywhere. The same tech stocks Wall Street called “safe” (because they weren’t in the finance sector) are starting to tank. The big industrials are rolling over. The transports are breaking ... Read Full Story

by ksanjitha There are always shopping carts. These have a huge bin compared with the size of most items for sale in the store, making it psychologically easy to toss in an item you don't need. Desirable departments are far away from the entrance. Most of the items you go to a department store to buy, such as light bulbs and laundry detergent, are located many, many aisles from the entrance. This means you spend your time walking by a lot of consumer goods on your way to find the item you want. Impulse-oriented items are near the checkouts. Stores stock the latest DVD ... Read Full Story

by Diamond Kiang Financial and Personal Goals Most people are so driven when it comes to achieving their financial goals. Indeed, when one starts to earn money, it is easy to be consumed into realizing your financial goals such as earning money for your retirement, or buying a new car, house, or gadget. Therefore, most people practice frugality and cutting down on expenses so they have enough resources to use in the future. In short, everyone is so consumed into trying to become rich. There is only one reason for this goal - securing one's financial independence. The term is quite ambiguous, which is ... Read Full Story