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The Man Who Exposed Bernie Madoff

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Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme affected thousands of lives.  Did you know there was one person who had been tracking Madoff and his Criminal Syndicate for years?
Harry Markopolos broke the Bernie Madoff case wide open.  His comments in the following interview on King World news about the corruption in the United States at many levels [...]

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Ex-Benefits Administrator Charged in $40M Embezzlement Case – Really??

ShareI’ve got to remind you that you and I never know what we don’t know when it comes to our money.  The things that go on under the surface are often times never revealed until its too late: Madoff, Enron, etc.
At times I will read things about the industry I am in and just say [...]

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Don't Let the General Economy Dictate Your Economy

ShareThere is no question that we are “smack dab” in the middle of one of the worst job markets ever statistically.
Everyday, we’re deluged with information about the unemployment rate rising, corporations planning layoffs, how things used to be before 2007, etc.  All the while, the stock market is going up and we’re technically out of [...]

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Converting 401k and IRA Funds Into "Steady Payment Streams"

ShareLast week Blomberg Reported the following article.  Of course this raises the hair on most people’s necks and begs the question: Is the US Government trying to prevent a collapse of the Treasury Market?   As one of my sources from D.C. points out in an email:
“The feds are trying to figure out how to [...]

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Trillions of Troubles Ahead

ShareQuite an interesting article on the debt problem in the U.S.  As this article points out, when evaluating the debt burden, we have to consider the Federal, State and personal debt levels, not one or the other.  Then we have the coming wave of entitlements that has to serve the baby boomers.    The crash [...]

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Michael Moore, Capitalism A Love Story

ShareEveryone has their own opinion of Michael Moore, but whatever that opinion is you must admit he has a timely sense of humor.

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Angry Crowd at Town Hall

ShareUsually, I write about such things as getting out of debt, ideas for how to save money and planing for retirement. However, I wanted to call your attention to what is an increasing amount of protests happening across the country. People need to speak up (Non-violently, of course) and be heard. However, [...]

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