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I wish I knew where the economy will be heading next year. If I did, I might become rich…

As the U.S. economy has slowly, steadily lumbered out of the Great Recession, the biggest drag on recovery has been housing. As you can see from the accompanying chart…

We all do it. But what do we really know about investing? A recent post about investing wisdom features a lot of interesting (and often overlooked) facts and figures,…

Chances are, you’re celebrating today’s lower gas prices. AAA reports that the national average price of gas is $2.60 today, the lowest since December 2009…

You probably read that Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett have pledged to give at least half their wealth to charity, and have convinced 38 other billionaires to do the same…

The good news from Congress this week is that it looks like the U.S. government isn’t going to have to shut down again due to partisan political bickering…

Germany, a country with poor solar and wind energy prospects, compared to the United States or countries such as Spain or Italy, seems to be a leader in alternative energy…

A Social media post that has since been deleted demonstrated a new low for attacking innocents for no other reason than they are related to a politician. Whatever your political leaning…

In 2007 Angelo Mazzerello paid himself tens of millions in bonuses as Countrywide Mortgage was committing fraud, described by the SEC as at “Unprecedented Levels…”

In the news recently in China, there was an article about President Obama chewing Nicorette gum due to his addiction to nicotine…

Correlation coefficients are one of the most complicated areas of the asset management world, but the idea behind them is pretty simple–or, at least, most of us thought it was until the 2008-2009 meltdown…

You may have read that the U.S. stock market was buoyed to new record highs by news that Japan was stimulating its economy. And you might have wondered about the connection…