Economy
The Next Bubble - Alternative Energies? Commodities? Fill-in-the-Blank.
With Obama at the helm, the yellow brick road is paved to Oz for alternative energy development.
15Nov2008 | Lisa | 3 comments | Continued
A Bad Kind of Change: Lost Jobs
As the US jobless rate rises, I’m getting the jitters. How are you feeling about your job situation?
8Nov2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
Economic Indicators 101 - Part I
Mere rumors about economic indicators often have a strong effect on Wall Street.
29Oct2008 | Lisa | 5 comments | Continued
Is “Save” a Four Letter Word in the Current Economy?
A world of consumption for consumption’s sake can’t feed the gluttonous stock markets forever.
25Oct2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
Blog Action Day - Poverty. October 15th, 2008
Over 12,000 bloggers are writing about poverty in the world today. I hope you’ll read my story, then head over to the Blog Action Day website for links to other blogs. Free From Broke, and Prime Time Money, both personal finance blogs, have posted on poverty today as well.
15Oct2008 | Lisa | 1 comment | Continued
Doom and Gloomed Out
I’m doom and gloomed out. Give me a Rip Van Winkle sedative and wake me when it’s over.
10Oct2008 | Lisa | 3 comments | Continued
Hold Your Breath - The World of Underwater Finances
cNBC reports that 1 in 6 homeowners now owe more money on their property than the property is worth.
Is your mortgage underwater?
9Oct2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
Getting Rich on the Backs of Others - the Middle Class Squeeze
Do the rich think that the middle class owe them something?
7Oct2008 | Lisa | 2 comments | Continued
Golden Parachutes - Another Way for the Rich Bottom Feeders to Clean Up
“The golden parachutes have been exchanged for camouflage parachutes…”
3Oct2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
Are You For or Against the Bailout?
No wonder why Americans are skeptical. The very people that got us into this financial mess are the ones now trying to tell us they need 700 billion dollars to get us out of it.
1Oct2008 | Lisa | 5 comments | Continued
The Market Has Fallen and it Can’t Get Up.
The sky is falling. And at this point, I may never be able to retire. Ever.
30Sep2008 | Lisa | 3 comments | Continued
Try Your Hand at Solving the National Debt Crisis
Show Washington how it’s done. Play Budget Hero. Solve the National Debt Crisis, and be home in time for dinner.
26Sep2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
2009 is the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Penny. Is it Time to Put Lincoln to Bed?
It took 1.26 cents to make a penny in 2007, and zinc and copper costs have tripled since then (a penny is 97.5% zinc.)
22Sep2008 | Lisa | 1 comment | Continued
Rep. Marcy Kaptur from Toledo, Ohio Explains the Bailouts
This youtube was sent to me by a friend. It says it all. Open this article to get to the link.
22Sep2008 | Lisa | 2 comments | Continued
