March 2016
Retirement Now Includes Debt, Working, Despair
These kids today...They save their money, avoid piling up debt and in general act like they have a future they need to prepare for. The only trouble? Their parents.
The Endangered American Pension
The bottom line – if you want to make sure you're provided for in retirement, YOU are the only one you can depend on.
Recession Danger Signals Just Won’t Go Away
Who are you going to believe – the guys who make money whether you win or lose on Wall St., or that nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach that no matter what anyone says, something's not right.
The Global Strength Test of the U.S. Dollar
Can you make money and lose it at the same time? You can in the Bizarro world where a strong currency, like today's U.S. dollar, makes you weak.
IMF Misses Big on Global Economic Forecast: “It’s Complicated”
What's the difference between a highly paid, internationally renowned "expert" and the rest of us? The expert doesn't have to live with the consequences of his own bad calls.
A Long-lost Fortune In Gold Hides In South America
Did a failed and foolish war leave a battered country's entire golden treasury secreted and still waiting to be discovered?
Welcome to the New Gig Economy
The ties that bind employees to business owners are growing more and more tenuous. But what does a multi-billion dollar business owe the men and women who do the work?
We’re Drowning In Oil and Yes, That’s Bad
The phrase "oil crisis" used to mean we had too little. But a glut of anything is dangerous, both for our financial and our national bottom line.