September, 2009

GOP Healthcare Per Alan Grayson: "Don’t Get Sick," "Die Quickly"

Thank you, ladies and gents. Rep. Grayson will be here all week Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) (Photo: wikipedia.org) No long ago, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) screamed “You lie!” at President Obama during his presentation on health care reform before a joint session of Congress. Mr. Wilson was reprimanded for his lack of decorum and shall remain the ...

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The New Face of Banking

The current recession has hit finance harder than any other sector. (The only one that even comes close is real estate). In the present crisis some banks have gone hat in hand to Congress for bailout money to keep them afloat, while many others have simply vanished. CNN Money reports that 92 banks have failed ...

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Investing 101: How Diversification Reduces Risk

This is a guest post from Robert Brokamp of The Motley Fool. Robert is a Certified Financial Planner and the advisor for The Motley Fool’s Rule Your Retirement service. He contributes one new article to Get Rich Slowly every two weeks. Quick! If you had to choose just three types of assets that should be in ...

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The Color of Money: Overdraft ‘Protection’ Is Anything But

Who's the greater villain: the guy at a bar who has one drink too many or the bartender who sold him that drink? Read more about The Color of Money: Overdraft 'Protection' Is Anything But...

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Well Educated and Flat Broke: Student Loans Take a Toll

Deep into this recession, we know that an increasing number of people can no longer pay their mortgages, their credit card balances or their car loans. Now throw into the mix the rising number of defaults on student loans. Read more about Well Educated and Flat Broke: Student Loans Take a Toll...

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