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The Missing 13th Floor

By Chris Mayer, Daily Reckoning, “About eight years ago, I was going down the elevator of a hotel in Las […]

Late to the Game? How to Ramp Up Retirement Investing in Your 40s and 50s

By Rachel Koning Beals | U.S.News & World Report LP Maybe you looked in the mirror this morning and found […]

11 Irrefutable Signs of a Real Estate Recovery

April 23rd, 2012 by Louis Basenese Auto sales. Consumer confidence. Manufacturing. Retail Sales. Exports. You name it. Over the last […]

The World’s Most Resource-Rich Countries

From 24/7 Wall St site, By -Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. performed a detailed […]

Educating Ourselves Into Shackles?

By Brian Stoffel There’s a cancer that threatens to poison the global economic recovery, and it’s not Europe or the […]

For Richer (Not For Poorer): The Inequality Crisis of Marriage

By contributors@theatlantic.com (Nancy Cook) | The Atlantic A Corvette. A home in the Hamptons. A Hermes handbag. Oh, and marriage. […]

Housing: Mixed Signals in Latest Data

By Elizabeth Trotta | Yahoo! Finance   The latest housing data offer the bulls a glimmer to go on, but […]

Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad

By KIRK SEMPLE Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – April 2012 – A Big Thank You to Mr. Market for Precious Metal Opportunities!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, 4/14/12 Some of you have inquired whether you […]

I’m Worried

By David Kotok,  cumber.com site, A note to readers. This 2000-word commentary is a longer-term view; think in terms of […]