Archive for April, 2009

Blogonomics – Does anyone really make any money?

News and notes from across the world of finance today.

FT Alphaville responds to a column written by Mark Penn, Chief Strategist of the Clinton Campaign.
Looks like Chrysler will be heading into bankruptcy after all – good thing or bad thing?
New jobless claims drop.  I thought things were getting worse – no more gloom and doom.
BofA [...]

National Financial Literacy Challenge

Charles Schwab is not only an investment broker.  There are many tools for education on it’s website, and recently I have found the Company to be very financial literacy-friendly.  Schwab Moneywise is a simple, straightforward solution to financial education.  It is one that I would actually like to learn more about and to read on [...]

Make Money Online Blogs

It’s no secret that making money online has been a vibrant industry in the past five years or so, and especially since the startup of Google.  It’s crazy to think that Google did not exist 12 years ago!  Internet advertising has skyrocketed since the creation of Google, and many other firms have followed suit.  Granted, [...]

Obama Going After Credit Card Companies?

In an article at CNBC today, it was discussed that President Obama and his economic team will be analyzing practices of credit card companies in the upcoming weeks and months. The primary practice that credit card companies engage in that upsets most financial and governmental personnel relates to their sometimes deceptive marketing practices. [...]

Financial Literacy Standards for Adults

So, as you know, I have a strong passion for promoting financial literacy in America.  Unfortunately, I have a day-job so I cannot and do not spend enough time following my passion.  But, all this talk about “financial literacy” – what does it mean?  What are the standards of if someone is financial literate or [...]