Archive for April, 2009
This coming week will be an important one for the stock market. With some analysts calling the recent month long up trend a bottom, investors will be closely watching earnings reports from US companies releasing this week. Everyone knows that the Q1 2009 news will be bad and that companies probably continue to lose money even today, but the focus will be on what the companies say about the... Read more→
US Government Money Help
CommentsHave you ever wondered what a website from the US Government about money and personal finances would look like? Wonder no longer. The US Financial Literacy and Education Commission (what did that cost?) provides a basic financial resource for investing, saving, retirement planning, mortgages, and even starting a small business, all on mymoney.gov. I’m not saying anything on there is earth... Read more→
While traders and investors have wondered whether or not the recent stock market rally signaled a bottom for the markets, another question has hung in the air. How are the banks doing, and will any of them be able to make money, or are they just all going to be depending on big government handouts to survive? Wells Fargo helped answer part of that question Thursday morning when they projected profits... Read more→
2008 Last Minute Tax Filing Tips
CommentsOk, first of all, I’m only posting this today because the media is starting to do their “last minute” tax filers stories and I want the readers here to be able to come get the real, actually useable, last-second tax filing tricks. But, let me just say, that if you consider April 3rd to be doing your taxes at the last minute, then, you, sir, are a wimp. (I file electronically on... Read more→
