Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

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Financial Five, Friday March 6th

By admin • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Government, Investing, Jobs, Scams, foreclosure

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other spots around the web.



11 Sites That Help in a Bad Economy

By admin • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Budgeting, Debt, Economy, Jobs, credit

The bad economic news is everywhere. The Washington Post says “Economic Signs Turn From Grim To Worse” and CNN Money proclaims this the “Sharpest decline in 26 years.” Sure, times are tough, but I wanted to end the week with some resources to help us cope in hard times.



Bleak Monday: 42,000 Jobs Gone

By admin • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Jobs

It’s a rather bleak winter Monday today. At least 42,000 job cuts were announced as recently as this morning, ranging from telecom, to retail, to manufacturing at some of the largest companies out there.



Financial Five: January 9th, 2008

By admin • Jan 9th, 2009 • Category: Economy, Investing, Jobs

This week’s collection of five financial stories that caught my eye on social financial news site Afternoon Rally and other sites around the web.



2008 By The Numbers

By admin • Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: Economy, Investing, Jobs, Reflections

It’s been a wild year.  A 700 billion dollar bailout, a 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, the Big 3 auto makers begging and stock indexes dropping like a rock.  I decided to take a look at a how a few key numbers changed over the year to help see just where we are — and [...]