It’s the 4th of July! It’s not the day we really became a nation but it was the day that as teenagers we told our parents we are SOOOOOOOO running away. Instead of talking about how important the time was for this country and all the fantastic things that came out of it, I’m going [...]

On June 30th, Dennis Kneale of CNBC formally announced the end of the recession. He referenced a few charts that supported his opinion and also something called a “gut feel(ing)” as proof the recession has ended. That’s all fine and dandy, I might go after someone like this for citing circumstantial evidence and making a [...]

Yesterday I published a guest post on Moolanomy.com.  Moolanomy is a personal finance website and a fantastic one at that.  Its blogger, Pinyo, recently launched a new program called Moolanomy Answers, where you can ask questions about personal finance or even help answer other people’s questions. My guest post confronts a topic I’ve wanted to [...]

These days all you ever hear about is how evil credit card companies are.  They jack up fees, cut your credit limit, and change your interest rate in the blink of an eye.  Recent legislation, popularly called the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights t has put measure in place to address many of those complaints. [...]

The following is a guest post written by Vik, the voice behind Kanjoh.com: For decades, the recipe for Coca Cola has been virtually unchanged. However, the packaging of the beverage has evolved hundreds of times. The phenomenon of fancy packaging is not unique to Coca Cola. Walking down a grocery aisle, one can’t help but [...]