Retirement preparation
May 28, 2008
Charitable donations$295,000,000,000 - According to Giving USA 2007, the amount U.S. donors gave directly to charitable causes in 2006. 40 - The percentage of affluent Americans that...
May 28, 2008
Feeling insecure with the Fed and free-marketsBeing a staunch free-market guy, I'm having considerable trouble defending the Bear Stearns bailout by the Federal Reserve (all right, technically it's a "guarantee"). I...
May 28, 2008
Bet big on the health care economyFirst it was agriculture, then manufacturing and most recently service. What will be the backbone for our economy in the not-too-distant future? According to the...
May 28, 2008
The long and short of itInvestors looking for a safe place to invest have turned increasingly to long-short funds, which can buy stocks or bet against them by selling them...
May 28, 2008
Tobacco, trans-fat ... investing?The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case brought by a South Carolina man who alleged his employer, DeWolff, Boberg & Associates Inc., mismanaged...
May 28, 2008
Reverse mortgages as retirement plans16% - Percent of boomers who would consider a reverse mortgage to take care of their own long-term care needs and costs. 74% -...