Archive for August, 2008
Investing Like a Millionaire
This is a guest post by Al Jacobs who is a writer for OnTheMoneyTrail.com. He will be featured here about once a month and has a wide breadth of experience. We are happy to work with him and highly recommend that you check him out!
Investing Like a Millionaire
by Al Jacobs
www.onthemoneytrail.com
This title of a recent USA [...]
U.S. Treasury Department Contracts Out Its Own Job
The U.S. Treasury Department has recently hired Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, to assess how vulnerable the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are to future economic problems, in part by evaluating how much capital the GSEs should have in the future to weather any such similar housing problems. GSEs are [...]
How Much Are Your State Taxes?
Lately, as we get closer and closer to becoming homeowners, I have become obsessed with all the little taxes, fees and surcharges that go along with it. While I could probably sit down and start writing about all the little details I have found out so far, I would no longer have time to do [...]
Do Variable Annuities Pose a Systemic Risk?
Variable annuities have grown in popularity over the past couple of years and the downturn in our economy has only intensified retiree’s interest in such products. Variable annuities are essentially an insurance product against down markets by guaranteeing minimum payments (income) to the policy holder regardless if a bear market exists. Usually, a variable annuity [...]
Maximize More of Your Stuff
I might be biased, but I was pleased with Frank’s article “Wear Things Out.” Had I known he was going to write that, I would have pitched in but I’ll just put in my two cents here, and try not to readdress what he has said already…
Cell Phones
I am currently with Verizon at the moment [...]
