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June Employment Data Show Job Losses Reaccelerating and Stocks Sell-Off: Does the change in job losses mean that the recession isn't going to end soon?
The Lessons of Michael Jackson's Life and Untimely Death: The intertwining of money with career, personal health and relationships
How Significant a Problem is Credit Card Debt in America?: A new 20-year analysis provides insight that has implications for a possible economic recovery
Prechter Predicts New Stock Market Lows and U.S. to Lose AAA Credit Rating: Forecaster who Reuters calls a "top investor," "heavyweight" and "insider" tells conference rougher times ahead...how should you use his advice?
President Obama Lays Out Proposed Income Tax Changes: Now we have more specifics on what is likely to change and what you might do about it

International Small Cap Stocks: Upside Potential, But Worth the Risk?: Dan Wiener's interview with Matt Dobbs, Manager of Vanguard International Explorer fund
How to Handle the Two Trickiest Assets: Family homes and personal property can bring out the worst in behavior after the death of a loved one. Bob Carlson advises how to avoid problems...
Are You Really Ready for Divorce?: You should be clear about where you're heading as your finances can take a drubbing along with your emotions
How Could It Be That Earnings (& Expected Bonuses) Are So Strong at Goldman Sachs?: Is this another example of mismanagement and misuse of government/taxpayer money?
Charts & Index Returns: Daily news reports about the financial markets cause a short-term focus. The following charts and index returns will help you keep a long-term perspective.

Improving the Safety of the Most Dangerous Thing You (& Your Loved Ones) Do: Many folks fret about risks that frankly aren't all that risky
Extended Warranty Plans Are One of Many Insurance Money Wasters: A new study sheds some light on why we are attracted to them...
How Does Your Money Knowledge Compare With High School Seniors?: Part I of this quiz will help you identify the specific gaps in your personal finance education
Personal Finance Quiz Part II - The Most Important Money Concepts: Mastery of these personal financial concepts is key to your making the best money decisions now and in the future
Health Insurance: Getting the Coverage You Need at a Price You Can Afford: Everyone should have it but misconceptions often lead people down the wrong paths...

Is Buy and Hold Investing Dead?: Q: If there's anyone out there who still believes in "buy and hold" investing, he/she should read some of the blogs that I read...
How Much Are Corporate Profits Really Down From the 2007 Peak?: The answer (and how long it may take profits to recover) provides insight as to where stocks may be heading in the months and years ahead...
Gold Coins Without Huge Mark-Ups: If you want to buy gold coins and pay a fair price (and not the 400 percent mark-up like coins pitched on CNBC infomercials), here's where to do it
Update: No-Load Fund Analyst Balanced Portfolio: The balanced portfolio mutual funds recommended by the No-Load Fund Analyst newsletter includes some new additions and changes
If You Don't Have Fears About Stock Market Investing, You're Probably Not Normal!: How to overcome stock investing fears and what investments to use

The 20 Essential Principles for Sound Personal Financial Management: Inside perspectives from my work as a personal financial counselor as summarized in my best-selling book Personal Finance for Dummies
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell: What leads to extraordinary success? New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell, a former business and science writer for the Washington Post, claims to have the answers.
Economic Growth Bad for Stock Market Returns?: Jeremy Siegel's classic book Stocks for the Long Run offers up some surprising insights on how to boost your stock market returns.
Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel, Part II: In this book summary, we examine Siegel's take on how to value stocks and how investors compare stocks and bonds as investment alternatives.
One of the All-Time Best Investment Books: Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for The Long Run, now in its 4th edition, is one of the best investment books ever...

John Cummuta Promises to Transform Your Debt Into Wealth: Here’s the catch: It’s not your wealth that will increase….Cummuta uses your debt troubles to increase his wealth
Prechter Predicts New Stock Market Lows and U.S. to Lose AAA Credit Rating: Forecaster who Reuters calls a "top investor," "heavyweight" and "insider" tells conference rougher times ahead...how should you use his advice?
Jim Cramer's Worst Stock Market Call Ever: CNBC's Jim Cramer has made horrible stock picks and market calls during the 2008-09 financial crisis but this call from 2000 is his worst ever...
Nouriel Roubini Was Wrong, Again, and Again and Again...: An update on the myriad predictions of the economics professor who has enjoyed more than his 15 minutes of fame for supposedly predicting last year's financial problems...
Roubini and Cramer Smackdown!: You gotta love Nouriel Roubini and Jim Cramer attacking each other...this is one time, when they both might actually be right!