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  • Social Security says that benefits will increase by 5.8% in 2009. Social Security is really the only retirement product that offers genuine…

  • It was one of the most dramatic moments in U.S. financial history: The financial panic of 1907….

  • Bloomberg has a good story on what the bettors at Intrade are predicting when it comes to the presidential election:…

  • The Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the CEO pay of the top semi-nationalized banks. It's a combined total of $289 million for 2007….

  • Oct 14, 2008

    Futures market

    The bettors on the Iowa Electronic market now place the odds of Obama winning at 85%.

  • Did you ever think you would read a headline like this?…

  • One common criticism of universal health insurance is that we can't afford it. That argument no longer holds after the trillions spent on the…

  • Several years ago I wrote a book, Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. I don't think we are going to have another Great Depression. The…

  • Investors around the world are heartened. There are more bank failures to come, and the financial crisis is far from over. But I think the…

  • Oct 13, 2008

    What comes next?

    Clive Crook of the Financial Times captures the essence of the government rescue plan at home and abroad….