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How “Zombie” Bank Accounts Can Ruin Your Credit

How “Zombie” Bank Accounts Can Ruin Your Credit

Even after you close your bank account, it can ruin your credit. Accounts at certain banks have a way of coming back to life and dinging you with overdraft fees, late charges, and penalties. The resulting negative balances get turned ...

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Exposing the Payday Loan Shell Game

Exposing the Payday Loan Shell Game

Almost everyone has experienced a temporary financial shortfall at one time or another. When facing a money crisis caused by a sudden emergency, the loss of a job, or higher- than-expected expenses, the common course of action has always been ...

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The Corruption of America

The Corruption of America

The numbers tell us America is in decline… if not outright collapse. I say “the numbers tell us” because I’ve become very sensitive to the impact this kind of statement has on people. When I warned about the impending bankruptcy ...

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Will Occupy Wall Street Change Anything?

Will Occupy Wall Street Change Anything?

The Occupy Wall Street movement started without much fanfare.  Early on, protesters were more or less mocked as a giant joke.  Who were these yahoos sitting out in Zuccotti Park thinking they were going to change the way this worked? ...

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Financially Fragile: 50% Of All Americans

Financially Fragile: 50% Of All Americans

How would you rate your financial health? Most of us would like to have more money, but we don’t necessarily think of ourselves as financially fragile. Yet the harsh reality is that faced with a financial challenge, many American families ...

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Gold Gets the Last Word on Wall Street

Gold Gets the Last Word on Wall Street

In the traditional way of things on Wall Street, firms invest in stocks, bonds, and real estate.  Commodities play a certain role, but they are certainly not the focus.  Neither are precious metals.  After all, who on Wall Street wants ...

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Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft

Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft

Financial calamity can be brought on by many things. Natural disaster, runaway inflation, unexpected illness, and stock market collapse are just a few of the ways you could suddenly find yourself in trouble and seriously short of funds. Unfortunately, there ...

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Financial Terrorism Suspected In 2008 Economic Crash

Financial Terrorism Suspected In 2008 Economic Crash

The 2008 economic crash was painful for millions of average Americans.  While the crash has been blamed on a number of factors ranging from the cratering housing market to a spike in oil prices, a new report from the Pentagon ...

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Pulling the Plug on the Government Growth Machine

Pulling the Plug on the Government Growth Machine

“We will go through our Federal budget, page by page, line by line, eliminating those programs we don’t need.” If you had to guess who made the above statement, who would it be? Glen Beck in the midst of one ...

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