Despite its flaws, America is still the greatest entrepreneurial market in the world. You wouldn’t know it listening to the perpetual gloom, doom and petty whining of popular media, but …
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It’s hard to believe but identity theft has been a federal crime since the late ’90s. Slowly but surely we’re actually getting better at both preventing identity theft and dealing …
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Every third person you pass on the street is being hounded by debt collectors. Except in Dallas, where close to half are not answering the phone. That’s the finding of …
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It’s surprising how many people with an otherwise spotless credit and payment history will suddenly decide to risk it all by cosigning a loan for a friend or relative. The …
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Most of you know I don’t buy in to conspiracy theories, most of which end up being dead wrong, though that never seems to dissuade the people fronting what turn …
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It’s not unusual to hear people complaining about the government, and about how Wall Street is corrupting our political processes. It is certainly true our political process is corrupt — …
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Detroit — a city that used to speak of polished metal, futuristic gleam, and positivity, a veritable wonder of modernity. Detroit — one of the driving forces behind the rise of the …
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There are a lot of reasons people end up stuck in financial mediocrity, and almost none have anything to do with how much money they make. Unless you are at …
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Five years from now, you’re going to be five years older. That entirely obvious statement underlies every investment decision you make, whether the investment is in gold, silver, the stock market, …
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I have nothing against people owning homes, even though I’m regularly down on the retail real estate industry and the debt associated with mortgages. It would be great if we …