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MIDDLE CLASS FABLE

October 31, 2009

 

CAPITALIST CASE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE

October 12, 2009

 

INSURANCE HARDBALL

July 28, 2009

 

INDEPENDENTS RISE POST CRASH

May 11, 2009

 

THE ANNUITY GAME

April 26, 2009

 
HOW TO SPOT A PONZI SCHEME
Active Image March 6, 09: Forbes.com columnist Thomas C. Scott reports his experience with a Bernard Madoff investor, and other Ponzi schemes. A MUST READ
 
CREDIT CARD CATCH 22
Nov. 3, 2008--The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article about how Americans are now focused on paying down their credit cards. The "Catch 22" is that not using credit cards at all apparently can lower your credit score."Whenever consumers lock up or gleefully cut up their plastic, their credit scores drop as they have increased their credit-utilization ratio." WORTH A READ
 
TIME TO MAKE A PERSONAL BUDGET?
Nov. 7, 2008--Wall Street Journal: "In today's environment, where unemployment is on the rise and where consumers are hung over after a multi-year credit binge, a budget is the very tonic many households need. It doesn't have to be painful if you understand one salient fact: You control your budget; it doesn't control you." WORTH A READ
 
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA...
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by John E. Girouard Oct. 31, 2008: The Great Bailout of 2008 and the death of Wall Street are the last shovels of dirt on the grave of the "new economy." Time to return to basic values of the "old" ownership economy that sustained our parents and grandparents. READ MORE
 
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