Financial Advice

Ask Dr. Recession!

John Marshall | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy


John Marshall

One day there will even be nostalgia for the disaster we're in right now. Someone will sell credit default swap lunch boxes and make a movie about the fall of AIG starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

It's CNBC That Has Not Yet Hit Bottom

Dan Solin | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

Watching CNBC is harmful to your financial health.

Dear Mr President: Please Read Your Blogs -- (It's Not Like Eating Your Spinach)

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

It would be a bit disturbing if a president who has said he wants to hear the widest range of opinions on important issues would want to dismiss those who write blog posts.

Financial Plan for 2009

Grant Cardone | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business


Grant Cardone

Most people retreat in the face of problems when the reality is that they are opportunities. Those that solve problems for others in the upcoming year will be rewarded.

4 Tips for 'Smart' Investors

New York Times | RON LIEBER and TARA SIEGEL BERNARD | Posted 01.13.2009 | Business


When wealthy investors are willing to hand over a sizable sum to a single money manager they heard about at the country club, certain first principles...

Obama Right to Reassure Wall Street Markets With Rubinauts But Also Needs Econ Advisors Who Stand for Main Street

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

We can only hope that Obama balances the smart Rubinauts whom he has picked to lead his economic team with some equally smart pro-Main Street economic minds.

An Old Fairy Tale Recycled for a New Age

Jessica Catto | Posted 11.29.2008 | Green


Jessica Catto

Hard times demand special skills and special steadfastness. Even though we have those attributes in good measure, given a choice, most of us still wou...

In Lean Times, Give Big!

Zainab Salbi | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living


Zainab Salbi

when we start thinking twice about how we are spending our money, we should put charitable gifts on the 'must-have' list.

10 Ways To Recession-Proof Your Job

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living


Karen Salmansohn

1. Be so pro-active you're pre-active. Start thinking of ways not only for your personal microcosmic job to stay around, but for your entire macrocosm...

25 Simple Ways To Save

ConsumerReports.org | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living


1. Clean the coils behind or underneath your refrigerator with a tapered appliance brush to keep it running efficiently. 2. Skip prerinsing dishes. O...

Part-Time Work For Full-Time Workers: How To Make Extra Cash

DivineCaroline.com | Natalie Josef | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living


The last thing any of us need right now is another job, but some of us don't have a choice. Since the price of everything has gone up--and the likelih...

Depression Economics Explained, Part 2: The Credit Crunch

Zack Exley | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business


Zack Exley

People are desperate for an explanation of the economy that actually makes sense and they're not getting it from the experts.

Are You Recession-Proof?

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living


Karen Salmansohn

Money doesn't buy happiness. But complaining about being broke doesn't pay the rent or make you any happier either. In my newest book, The Bounce Back...

Top Tips For Surviving Today's Financial Challenges

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living


Russell Bishop

Today we begin a new series on tips for surviving the complex, fast changing world of finance that seems to be consuming so much of the world's attention these days.

Credit Card Combat

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business


Roseanne Colletti

You must take the offensive and attack your credit card debt. But your strategy is key to winning the war.

3 Lessons You Can Learn From The Financial Crisis

Marketwatch.com | Jennifer Openshaw | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living


Established businesses, managed and staffed by experienced financial risk management professionals, lending to people who didn't need to borrow, just ...

How To Recession-Proof Your Family

CNN | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living


So what can you do to protect yourself? "People, stop living the financial lies that you have been living," Suze says. "If you don't have the money t...

Women and Money

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business


Tabby Biddle

Facing up to my financial challenges was not easy, but it was something that benefited me and continues to benefit me as I move forward.

Do You Suffer From A Money Disorder?

New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living


THE country music star Wynonna Judd had essentially "won the lottery" at age 17, she said. But after amassing a fortune from her career, she squandere...

David Bach on Having More Money

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living


Ariane de Bonvoisin

Since we are all a bit nervous about our money this year, I want to share my interview with David Bach, an expert on having more money.

The Middle Class Has Become The Class of Pain

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business


Grant Cardone

What is middle class anyway? Is it an income level and then you are in this club called the Middle Class? And what do you get from this club?

Neither the Fed nor Popular Financial Advice Provide Economic Solution

Grant Cardone | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business


Grant Cardone

America has become a country of people that waste too much. We have gotten away from exactly what made this country great in the first place -- production!

The Five Suprisingly Necessary Qualities for Small Business Owners

Mark Silver | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business


Mark Silver

It can be a long, winding, rough path to get a business going. For the vast majority of small business owners, it can take a lot of elbow grease and a lot of time before there seems to be any solidity.

Back When ...

James Berman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business


James Berman

It makes more sense to invest for the probability that the world will outlive this collapse -- as surely as it did all others in history -- instead of for the remote possibility that the apocalypse is finally upon us.

A Penny Saved

Brent Kessel | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business


Brent Kessel

Trimming my expenditures while still buying the things and experiences I most enjoy in life is filling me with spaciousness and freedom. What can you trim with no loss of enjoyment today?