Frankly, we were extremely surprised that the House of Representatives did not pass the “Bailout Bill”  (an unfortunate name for the legislation, to begin with), until we realized that what we have been pointing out and criticizing for the past 10 days or so – namely, that bot... [More]

To date (Thursday, midday) we can’t yet say exactly what the economic “bailout” will look like, and how it will, specifically, effect individuals.  And, yes, there’s no arguing that there’s plenty of bad news to go around (not the least of which is that we &ndash... [More]

As we’ve reported in previous blogs (7-7-08 and 3-23-08), the economic crises has, unfortunately, ‘infected’ the private college lending industry. Moreover, as most of the media (present company excluded!) has failed to report sufficiently (or, in some cases, at all) is the fact that the Fede... [More]

Throughout this election season, we’ve heard constant talk from the mass media about the “Red” States and the “Blue” States, ad infinitum. Fact is, the mass media has the colors wrong. As we mentioned on “The Money Show” nearly a year ago, despite that fact that the Presidential cand... [More]