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GET OUT NOW!!!

With all of this talk of the recession being over, that the market has bottomed, and green shoots (better to call them weeds) sprouting, it would be easy to sit back and “hope” your investments are finally safe. However, we are no where near the end of this fiasco yet. Those green shoots will be [...]

Foreclosure: Which States Have Recourse?

Note: This post was originally published in May 2008, and has been re-posted due to spam problems.

Wondering what to do about your big fat mortgage? Well, who isn’t these days? It’s official. We are now in a recession. There is still no sign of a housing bottom and foreclosures are exploding. Things will likely get [...]

Is The Recession Almost Over?

Is The Recession Almost Over?

Bluntly stated, no.  Markets do not move in a straight line.  If they did, it would sure make investing much easier.  Like the ocean, market waves come is sets of three.  There is actually a pretty good psychological foundation for this and if you would like to learn more, I would [...]

Millionaire Mommy, Downsized Investment Banker Girlfriends and Frugal Kiwis

I stumbled across three excellent blog sites this week on very opposite ends of the spectrum.

The first is DABAgirls.com, (which stands for “Dating A Banker Anonymous”). This blog site is devoted to helping I-banker girlfriends survive this economic crisis, their depleted Bergdorf allowances, and being replaced by Russian models willing to provide the same services [...]

Recession Trend Tracker: What’s Hot, What’s Not

Highlights from the economy this week…