All the talk around the new tax laws floating through DC during this lame duck session has been centered around tax cuts for “the rich”. Though everyone admits the number was mostly pulled out of a hat, Congress, Obama, and new media alike have been fixated around the $250,000 a year number. The Washington Post [...]

I was surprised when Obama reached across the aisle to Republicans during the lame duck session to get the Bush tax cuts issue figured out. If you need a refresher, Obama wanted to extend the Bush cuts for everyone except the people making more than $250k a year. He got the media involved, we all [...]

TIAA-CREF ran an interesting competition designed to generate ideas on how to increase the savings of Americans. Contestants submitted ideas and the winner got $50,000. Nice payout. The winning idea was from some dude who suggested incorporating savings rates into the FICO score. The idea is that people who save more money will have better [...]

You either know of Dave Barry or your don’t.  Whichever it is, you need to read his holiday gift guide.

Every month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the CPI. To you and me it’s better known as inflation. It is the measuring stick we use for inflation in this country, and while many people contest its validity, it is what we use and generally a good barometer. For more than a year now, many [...]

Jim Cramer is an eccentric personality that can always be found on his show “Mad Money” and is usually rumbling around the CNBC studios during the day. His show is fairly simple and captures the attention of a few hundred thousand people every night. Viewers call in with questions about specific companies, Cramer offers advice [...]

A little over a year ago, to get you in the holiday spirit I asked the question “why do competing stores open up next to each other?” During my childhood, I always noticed a Best Buy and a Circuit City right across the street from each other. But it was also Home Depot and Lowes, [...]

According to AAA, the price of regular gas in the US is about to crest over $3 a gallon.  The station nearest to my apartment is just over $3, which made me notice gas prices for the first time in over a year.  It should be no surprise to anyone that looks at oil prices, [...]