The Unthinkable For Unemployment
For the past 14-18 months, a many of Amercian workers have watched a good majority of jobs “go up in smoke” and vanish right before their very own eyes. Their next line of work if not an entrepreneur is unemployment. Most workers filed for unemployment benefits while a small percetange have tested their abilities as entreprenuers And just when we thought things were on the up due to the jobless claims announcement being down about 4-5K jobs this past week, we’re now about to hit another phenomenon, rather crisis Read the rest of this entry »
New Site Aims to Help People Set Financial Goals
There are a slew of free online sites people can use to organize their personal finances. A new one, SimpliFi.net, focuses on having people create a road map to save for short- and long-term goals. MarketWatch’s Jonathan Burton reports.
Catching a Catch 22: No job, your future depends on it!
The job numbers over the last few months, rather year, have been mind boggling… numbing to a certain degree for some, if not all. Everyone is in the financial fight of their life on some front.
One day the market falls, next day it is up, and our accounts are tied closely to it as a mere puppet dangling in distress. If it is not fighting to keep a steady paycheck, then is fighting to apply and get unemployment. If not that, then fighting gas prices while the BIG 3 hang on by a mere thread of gov’t assistance. And if I’ve not been down your street just yet, maybe it is you that is Read the rest of this entry »
VBlog: Invest Like a Cat
MarketWatch’s Chuck Jaffe compares investors’ current mood to the “learned helplessness” dogs display in behavioral studies. Jaffe offers some tips on how to invest more like a cat, and take control of your portfolio.
Financial Stocks: The Trickle-Down Effect
How will the woes in the financial-services sector affect your mutual fund? It comes down to survival of the fittest, says MarketWatch’s Chuck Jaffe. (March 2)
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