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Six Take Charge Hacks to Handle Financial Procrasination
If you're like many others, you started 2016 with great intentions of getting your financial life on track, or improving your financial situation. This was going to be the year you made real progress on your financial goals. If you have been procrastinating and now...
Building Your Nest Egg: Five Ways to Retrain Your Brain to Save More for Retirement
How serious are most working adults about starting or strengthening their retirement fund? If one were to look at the facts inside some formal studies conducted on saving for retirement, the answer would be "not very serious." According to the 2014 Employee Benefits...
What Does This Saudi-Russian Oil Deal Mean for U.S. Power?
On February 16, 2016, the nations of Saudi Arabia and Russia made an oil deal, which capped petroleum output at the levels these two nations produced during the month of January 2016. According to a February 22nd Bloomberg.com articleabout this issue, Iran was one of...
Is the Current Rise in Gold’s Value the Real Deal?
Is it the right time to buy gold? The shiny metal has been a way to store value for centuries, but modern-day investors may wonder whether it's a good addition to their portfolios. Let's look at how gold is performing in relation to oil. While we're happy to see lower...
China Imploding… Is the U.S. Importing Recession from China?
While China will likely see issues in the near future with their economy, they aren't alone. The United States is starting to struggle itself, creating problems that could lead us into another recession. While it is normal to see dips in the market every five years,...
What Does the U.S. Economic Future Hold Following Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Vote?
Now that Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire voters have cast their ballots for presidential contenders, the 2016 race is officially underway. The next president will have a dramatic impact on the U.S. based on how he or she resolves -- or fails to resolve -- national...
What Is the Fed Doing? It’s Worse Than Simply Printing Money
What is money, really? Its main purpose is to serve as a consistent measurement of value that lets us more easily exchange goods and services. But quantitative easing via the Federal Reserve threatens this role that money plays and especially impacts the stable...
Global Economic Forecast Gloomy Due to Debt, Worker Aging
Global banks are worried. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has issued a dire warning through their monthly client advisory that says "Sell everything except high quality bonds" and predicts that this will be a "cataclysmic" year for markets. This extreme language in...
What the Bulls and Bears Are Saying: Is the Bear Right This Time?
It's always a challenge to listen to what the Bulls and Bears are saying about the stock market and economy. That's because during more uneasy times, these two sides sometime conflict with one another. As we begin 2016, we're starting to see more of a wider split...
Retirement and Taxes: Are You Financing Your Future, or the Government’s?
You probably don't enjoy paying taxes -- no one does. And it's frustrating to constantly wonder if you're paying more tax than you legally have to. You certainly wouldn't pay extra tax just for the fun of it, would you? Are you financing your future, or the...