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"You are evil, thieving bastards," so says Ann Minch in a video in which she blasts Bank of America for raising the rate on her credit card to 30%.

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The FDIC announced two significant pieces of information today: it estimates that the cost of bank failures would rise to $100 billion over the next four years, and that it was going to pre-assess banks today for payments through 2012. The... Read →

newDominionDirect.com is offering a 2.76% APY 36 Month CD. That's currentlyl (9/29/09) the top CD rate for that term.

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As the equity market continues to do well, investors think less and less about bonds, and often forget some small but significant details. Here are ten things you probably knew, but may have forgotten. Happy Investing

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While the stock market has rallied 50% in the past six months, yields on Treasury notes, bills, and bonds have barely budged. What's up with that? Carol Baum had a good article in Bloomberg that posted a few potential scenarios. They... Read →

PALM's new pre hasn't been a great commercial success, the company has just issued a dilutive stock offering, and is cutting the price of their

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There were two pieces of information this week that I found quite interesting. The first is an article that explores how bond prices are making the case for inflation or deflation. According to the original article posted on Marketwatch, bond prices seem to indicate that inflation is a greater probabiliy than deflation.

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The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee today voted to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4%. In addition, the Fed said it would continue programs to keep mortgage rates low.

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US home prices rose .3% in July from the previous month, less than the .5% increase forecast by analysts.

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Not an hour goes by without a guest on CNBC coming on the show professing to be China expert.

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The big news last week on the rate front was the general lack of inflation in the economy. The Labor Department's CPI numbers rose .4% in August versus July but from a year earlier decreased 1.5%. At this rate, the Fed is under no... Read →

Dell's acquisition of Perot Systems shows how precious little creativity there is today in information technology.

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Whether you have retired or just switching jobs, this article is for you. In this first part we will go over employee stock options and what to do with them. In the second installment we will go over your 401k, your IRA, and what to do about them. Happy investing

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The speed of market cycles is in today's modern economy is staggering.

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