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7 Simple Ways I Could Steal Your Identity 29 Jul 2013 | 03:27 am
Last night, my wife and I watched Identity Thief, starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, and it was surprisingly entertaining. I would give it an overall rating of “not bad.” The movie follows ...
Your Grandparents Student Loans Versus Your Student Loans 26 Jul 2013 | 07:22 am
Investing in a college education has never been an easy and simple thing and that’s true now more than ever. In the past, getting a four year degree was a great thing to have if you could get it, but ...
Political Cartoon: Senator Elizabeth Warren Fights To Lower Student Loan Interest Rates 22 Jul 2013 | 06:49 am
***A. Blinkin is a witty, “man of few words” with a steady hand and an interest in political economy.*** In my last article, I quickly told you why Student Loan Interest Rates are the least of our wo...
Fighting Fire With Fire: Student Loans and the Current Health of the Economy (Part 1) 17 Jul 2013 | 07:19 am
I am tutoring a 16 year-old boy named Billy in Algebra and a few other subjects as well. Each month, I send Billy’s school counselor an update on his progress and I report his recent test scores. I re...
Q2 Review – 2013: Is Good News Bad News? 9 Jul 2013 | 07:14 am
Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has reached beyond the traditional tools of monetary policy in an effort to fulfill its’ dual mandate of achieving maximum employment and stable prices. Most recently, ...
How I Started Investing in the Stock Market 18 Jun 2013 | 08:45 am
I’ll never forget the first time I sat in a casino. I specify “sitting” as an achievement because there were several prior visits when I was afraid to sit down. I was of legal age to gamble, but the w...
Pictures From Our Honeymoon: Santorini, Greece 13 Jun 2013 | 07:39 am
I married my beautiful wife (still getting used to this) on April 20, 2013. We took off, a few days later, on a 2-week, fairy-tale honeymoon. We visited Athens, Santorini and Crete in Greece; and we v...
Housing Soars 10.9% As Inflation Remains Subdued 8 Jun 2013 | 10:48 pm
On May 28, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index was released. I realize that I’m a little late to the party, but I think it’s important that I comment. More importantly, I think it’s important that y...
How To Quickly Double Your Money 1 Jun 2013 | 01:08 am
“The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket.” – Kin Hubbard Over the next few weeks, I am going to write a few articles that focus on saving and investing for ret...
Warning: Not All 0% Interest Rates Are The Same 28 May 2013 | 08:29 am
As consumers, there are certain words and phrases that automatically trigger a positive response in our brains. Advertising agents, Marketers and Sales Representatives are all very aware of these tri...