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Downgrades Hit Europe; PIMCO’s Gross Sees Greek Default
By Marlene Y. SatterFriday the 13th turned out to be very unlucky indeed for the euro zone, as Standard & Poor's downgraded nine countries in the bloc, including triple-A rated France and Austria, and put 14 of the 17 countries on negative outlook.
January 10, 2012
MetLife Study Finds Family Ties BindA new MetLife study finds that through Americans are as open as ever to financially assisting family members.
January 09, 2012
Has U.S. Economic Policy Reached the Point of No Return?Looking at the numbers on taxes, deficit spending and the money supply.
January 06, 2012
Gold at $10,000? Bullion Buff Barisheff Makes the CaseNick Barisheff offers a spirited defense of golds inevitable rise, arguing that increasing governmental indebtedness and currency debasement make todays gold price insignificant.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.
January 04, 2012
A Little Knowledge Can Be a Misleading Thing: Financial Literacy, the SequelWhen it comes to financial literacy, a little knowledge (as Mortimer Adler wrote) doesn't yield true understanding or wisdom, or protection against financial services professionals.
January 03, 2012
Everybody KnowsThe town where my grandparents lived was largely settled by Irish immigrants, and to this day, people there still speak with a hint of an Irish lilt. One day, we encountered a drunk man on the sidewalk, of whom my disapproving Nana said, Not every Irish here is a drunk,...