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 [...]
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. Larry Summers [...]
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 [...]
Early Intervention is Everything
….according to Jean Chatzky’s Practical Money Series. I completely agree with her synopsis. Even President Barack Obama has indicated that Financial Literacy and Financial Education should be at the top of our list as a country. We are currently in this economic crisis due to greed, complex financial instruments, and a lack of general personal [...]
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Wow, back to the world of blogging! I took a recent hiatus from the blogosphere due to a busy couple months at work, a trip to Italy for 12 days (pictures to come), and am currently in the process of buying a new house and selling our townhouse. Are you using twitter? You can see [...]
