By John Packard The US Government is sending a strong signal to pre-retirees. “Get your own financial house in order…â€? Aside of being hypocritical, it is not the end of the message: “because we can’t seem to do anything right.â€? Translation: Don’t expect government to come to the rescue when retirement comes around. Congress is sitting idly; they are waiting to pass on the social security hot potato to the next group so they won’t have to deal with it. Without admitting to blatant incompetence, the government has tried to […]

By Brice Hogan Marching your way to financial freedom takes a lot of discipline. So I want to impart some wisdom on how to keep a little more money in your wallet when you shop around for things. Groceries My wife says that I am the king at grocery shopping, and I am. That is because when I go I try to look for the best deals possible I bring a list and stick to it. Generally I go during the busiest time of the week which is either the […]

By Brad Peterson It was about 2 years ago that I heard an analysis of the EUR/USD and the probability of the pair going to 1.70. Back then the exchange rate was between 1.20 and 1.25. In other words, to buy 1 Euro one would have to pay $1.25 USD. There were some strong technical indicators implying Euro would continue to strengthen. With the current price today nearing 1.60 this analysis has proven to be quite effective. One has to wonder when the Euro will run out of steam. January […]

By Micah Richard I was speaking to my father-in-law. He is an arbitration lawyer. He has been bothered lately with some of his cases. I got talking to him. He told me payday loans can charge up to 59%, and has seen more and more payday loan representatives suing those who can not make their payments. The main reason people can not make their payments, is because the interests rates are to high to manage for them. We see advertisements for getting our money now. The lender will pay your […]