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Archive for April, 2008

Administration Brings Back One-Year Treasury Bill

Since 2001, we’ve had to do without the one-year treasury bill. The government was enjoying a nice surplus, so the need to raise money through the sale of treasury bills was not a high priority. As you know, times have changed. The surplus is gone, and we’re faced with a staggering budget deficit, and one [...]

Poll: What do You Make of All This News Regarding the Hoarding of Food?

If you’ve been paying any attention to the news in recent weeks, you’ve probably heard some of the stories of food shortages and limits being placed on how much food can be purchased. For example, Costco and Sam’s Club in many areas are limiting rice sales.
Even more shocking are articles like this one in the [...]

How to Eliminate Mutual Fund Deadbeats from your Portfolio

This article is a guest post from G.E. Miller, author of the personal finance blog 20somethingfinance.com. If you like this post, head on over and subscribe to his feed.
A reader’s request:
Recently a reader, whom I shall refer to as ‘Steve’ requested that I take a look at his portfolio and tell him if his wife’s [...]

Maybe Higher Food Prices Are Actually Good For Us as a Society

CNN is about the most worthless place to get news, but I still check their site a few times a week for comedic value. I’m usually pleasantly surprised when I come across some absurd story, and today was no different. The sensationalistic stories that constantly portray the world ending are far from news, and simply [...]