For first-time homebuyers, or those who have not owned in the last three years, can receive up to an $8,000 tax credit.
The federal income tax credit for homebuyers has been extended and expanded to now include homeowners who wish to “move on” after 5 years of living in their current property, as well as first-time homebuyers.
The books on this list take you down the darkest paths in uncivilized worlds, from cannibalistic gangs to vampire infected corpses. If this list doesn’t get you thinking on the quickest way stock your basement full of water, canned goods and rifles.
Faced with a shortage of small banknotes, people in Myanmar are resorting to bartering cigarettes, shampoo and other items.
The bartering illustrates the effects of surging inflation and the curious decision to stop printing small notes.
Remember when eating out didn’t require keeping a careful eye on the right-side of the menu? Tight budgets have forced many of us to select restaurants and menu selections based on cost, rather than taste preferences.
It is a worldwide financial fiasco involving terms you’ve probably never even heard before.
Learn how investors on Wall-St take advantage of the Federal Reserve and Foreign Investors to leverage homeowners and the United States Taxpayers in the “Crisis of Credit”
I’m an active person and spend alot of time outside, and I usually wear boots. Normally I would wear normal store brand cotton socks, but by the end of the day they would always be damp and squishy. I hate the feeling of having wet feet. Plus over time I found that even the most expensive brand of cotton socks eventually wore out and became paper thin. After just a few washes I could tell that all of the padding had worn out for the most part.
Here the scenario, hours ago your President announced that the currency will be devalued by half. Soon everything in the country will be double the price of what it was today.
What do you do? What do you buy? Where do you go?
This actually just happened in Venezuela. Peoples response was not what you might expect.
Also known as the FOREX or foreign exchange market, this is a global trading arena that is open 24 hours a day from Monday through Friday. This is because no matter what time it may be where you live, there is always somewhere in the world that is open for business.
In these tough economic times, there aren’t many things I wouldn’t do to save money or make my dollar go further.
When it comes to shopping this coupon mom is not playing around. She shows you how she was able to get 100 dollars of groceries for only 25 cents using coupons, price matching and her strategic shopping method.
The American government is staring at total obligations of US $115 trillion, America’s debt-to-GDP ratio is off the charts and the American public is also up to its eyeballs in debt. Under this scenario, you can bet your bottom dollar that the American establishment will try to reduce this debt overhang through a process known as monetary inflation. If you have any doubt whatsoever, take a look at the chart below, which captures the incredible expansion in America’s monetary base.
The United States has had public debt since its inception. Debts incurred during the American Revolutionary War and under the Articles of Confederation led to the first yearly reported value of $75,463,476.52 on January 1, 1791. Over the following 45 years, the debt grew, briefly contracted to zero on January 8, 1835 under President Andrew Jackson but then quickly grew into the millions.
One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is.
On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the world.
On the cover of the October 19, 2009 issue of “Time” magazine ran this headline: “Why It’s Time to Retire the 401(k).” The cover picture was ominous, showing a 401(k) sinking like the Titanic.
I recommend reading this entire article, especially if you do have a 401(k). My concern is that the flaws of this retirement plan will grow into personal tragedies as the first of approximately 75 million baby boomers retire, leading to the biggest stock market crash in history.
I evacuated my family to Atlanta on Sunday at noon after making sure other people I know including employees had left and did not need transport. I listened to the mayor order a mandatory evacuation of the city as I passed Slidell about 30 miles east of the city.
In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what’s behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme’s exhaustedly researched book, “The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict,” breaks down the price tag, from current debts to the unseen costs we’ll pay for years to come.
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