Wall Street's rally has tarnished gold's allure, but that could all change over summer, when politicians go to war over the debt ceiling, particularly if Fitch makes good on their downgrade warning. Below are three serious issues that could stall out Wall Street, sending shares plummeting, and investors racing back...

"I just wanted to have the dinner parties and to have the life! And I didn't want to know about the details or how he was funding this," Daisy (not her real name).

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's mansion effervesces with fair-weather friends as long as...

Over the last month, I've been hearing countless financial professionals boasting of 17-20 percent returns over the last three years. And like anyone, I was amazed. Until I did the math.

NASDAQ has doubled since 2009, putting the annualized return at 25 percent over the past four years --...

More than 12 million homes entered the foreclosure process between 2007 and 2012 (according to RealtyTrac). One out of every five homes (21.5%) are still underwater in America, with $628 billion of negative equity (source: CoreLogic). Americans are carrying $11.34 trillion in debt; student loan debt is almost a trillion...

Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has become one of the biggest events of the year, with over a billion people participating in green, planet-friendly activities. Check out the Earth Day Network at EarthDay.org, where you will find resources on everything from planting trees, to Green Schools...

You don't have to have an offshore account to reduce your taxes! There are plenty of legal loopholes that you are probably not taking advantage of.

Here's the 5-point plan.

1. Pay Yourself Before Uncle Sam.
2. Pay Less to Uncle Sam.
3. Pay Less to...

My heart goes out to the Arkansas residents affected by the oil spill of Good Friday. As you probably know by now, a pipeline leak occurred in Mayflower, Ark., on Good Friday, March 29, 2013. The cause of the breach is still under investigation, according to a press...

One of the most common questions I get asked by investors is, "Should I set stop losses to limit my losses?"

My answer? " Why not set stop gains to capture gains instead?"

Take a look at the chart below.

Flat growth. Wars ending. Military pullouts. Defense spending cuts. Fuel efficient cars. Poor oil companies. Could this be the end of their cash cow?

Should Greenies own oil companies in their nest egg?

One of the most exciting statistics of the last few months has been the dramatic...

Over the last four months, Apple Inc. has lost over $240 billion in market value -- more than the value of most companies traded on Wall Street. This has caught many Apple lovers by surprise. Rather than do a full investigation into what prompted the sell-off, many are...

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, Fitch Ratings warned that if there is another Debt Ceiling Crisis, they could lower the U.S. credit rating.

The U.S. is already in a crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been using "extraordinary measures" to pay bills since the...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is stepping off the fast track this year, and, though it has not been well-publicized (yet), her turn as Secretary of State may well be regarded as one of the most important periods for women the world has ever known.

One of the first...

Learn how the latest green trend equals savings of up to 90 percent on your heating bill.

When Susan Guthridge-Gould and her husband Chris Gould had the opportunity to build a house in Stuyvesant, New York, it wasn't your run-of-the-mill home-shopping process. Her property had been in the family...

Powering Poundbury with Potato Peelings.

Twenty-five years ago when Prince Charles met with architect/urban planner Leon Krier to realize the green, people-friendly (not car-friendly) experimental town of Poundbury, the idea was dismissed as the airy-fairy fancy of a foolish prince. Who would want to live in a "sustainable community" in...

Earlier this morning, at 10:00 a.m., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an alert on the Oyster Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Lacey Township, N.J. According to a statement issued by the NRC, "heightened coverage will continue... due to high water levels in its water intake structure."

The...

It's rare that you walk into a garage and see the next great work of art (unless you are a Medici, sponsoring Michelangelo, Donatello, Galileo and Botticelli). That is exactly what happened when I stumbled upon Jim Leonard's new masterpiece Bad Apples, being performed now through December 1,...

"Binders full of women." I want to thank the online community for creating such a plethora of belly laugh material, centered on Mitt Romney's self-aggrandizing faux pas from the October 18, 2012 debate. The visual potential of this phrase was greeted by bipartisan, freewheeling cartoonists who, overnight, churned out some...

In the vice-presidential debate of October 11, 2012, Representative Paul Ryan (R: Wisconsin) referred to the U.S. green energy focus as "$90 billion in green pork." The energy platform promoted by Governor Mitt Romney on his website claims that "The President's 'green energy' agenda has...

There was a time in America, 150 years ago -- on September 22, 1862 to be exact -- when it was chic to have a slave serving your dessert, or at hand to service your every need. While slavery is no longer acceptable in the developed world, legally or socially,...

1. Standard and Poor's Not Likely to Downgrade U.S. (until 2014)
2. Largest Holder of U.S. Debt
3. "Debt" to U.S. = Investment to Others.
4. GDP Growth Is a Large Piece of the Equation
5. U.S. Corporations Are Holding a Lot of Cash
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