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Student loan debt is a big problem for students today – and chances are it’s going to be a problem for them for the rest of their lives. The issue isn’t just how much the average student owes right now ...

Plastic is everywhere, but it’s not that good to have in your life. Though it seems convenient, it actually has high financial, health, and environmental costs. It’s not readily biodegradable, marketing gets us to buy the same throw-away plastic junk ...

Over the past few years, the dishonesty and perfidy of the international banking industry have been exposed for all to see. This, of course, has not been enough to convince the governments of the world to blow up the existing ...

Overview No matter how you look at it, credit card debt is serious and it keeps getting more serious. You do not open your credit card bill every month to discover that your interest rate has magically lowered; you are ...

Even with a great budget, chances are you’re still overspending. Why? Like millions of other consumers, you’re having a hard time separating real needs and deep desires from your passing wants and impulses. Marketing culture makes big bucks in this ...

Our whole economic system is waiting to implode … so why haven’t we just gone ahead and pulled the trigger already? No one pretends everything is fine anymore. Our political leaders talk about “soft landings” and a “gradual recovery” for ...

Call it the summer of the banking scandal. The PFGBest CEO embezzles $200 million in client funds and confesses it all before a botched suicide attempt. JP Morgan loses a couple of billion in bad trades, and Jaime Dimon has ...

Remember when mobile banking meant visiting your local branch? Today it means being able to make balance inquiries, deposits, and account transfers with just a few taps on your smartphone. And that’s just the beginning. “The scope of mobile banking ...

There has always been a symbiotic relationship between investment and economic growth. Investors supply the capital that businesses need to expand and improve their operations, while businesses provide an opportunity for individual and institutional investors to increase their wealth. This ...

Many of us are saying “Good Riddance” to 2011 – but it’s not at all clear what 2012 has in store for us. Predictions are all over the map. Sometimes it seems as though analysts are determined to make the ...