According to recent surveys, sixty four percent of Americans don’t have a thousand dollars in savings for emergencies. To cover that debt two-thirds of America would have to either borrow …
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Modern food production is nothing short of a marvel of scale, convenience and efficiency and, worldwide, employs more than a billion people. The scope food production industry is matched only …
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There’s news from the stock market and it’s all bad. The best news from the first week of trading in the new year is that the market can’t fall any …
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There was general agreement among analysts that 2016 was not going to be a great year for stocks. Yet nothing prepared investors for the brutal reality of the first week …
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans are a single missed paycheck away from financial disaster. The math is straightforward and brutal; it’s all about the odds. Roughly four in ten Americans are …
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In these days of 5% unemployment the dark days of 2008 and 2009 are largely a distant memory. For many young people in the workforce today, those days passed blissfully …
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It looks as though we’re going to need to modify the old saying about the rich getting richer to the rich are paying off debt while the poor are racking …
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Owning a home is the American dream and, no matter how bad of a deal it becomes, people are still fixated on it. People who are wise with money every …
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If you feel more stressed out as the holidays roll around, you’re not alone and the data supports the way you feel. It turns out we’re working more, taking less …
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Most older Americans can remember the days when the dollar was king. You could go anywhere in the world and dollars would be eagerly accepted. Goods and services could be …