Fact: No matter what your occupation, ethnicity, or age, no entity on the planet OWES you a loan. No one is OBLIGATED to lend you money.

"Avoid imported wines"? Nice plug for the local industry. I buy real Mosel Riesling from Germany at the Aldi supermarket chain - for five dollars a bottle. Can Gallo, Mondavi and their California ilk offer the same price? Of course not. They must appear "exclusive" and "limited edition reserve" to the yuppies.

I thought it was "Harrison", not "Morrison"?   Good advice, just so long as you recognize that "see something, say something" will get you fired. This is because a rah-rah team does not want to hear that their flashy new plan has some holes that need to be patched up before they launch. Instead of thanking you for ...more

The second point should have been titled "NOT keeping up with your mortgage payments".   I take exception to the writer's assertion that "you will probably need to fill it with furniture". NEED to FILL it? And right away? Nonsense. You had a bed before - take it with you. You had a table and a couple of chairs befo...more

We have heard about these scams so many times, and we have heard the "don't do X" advice so many times, that maybe at this point, whoever falls for it deserves it. That's the only way they'll learn, because they have obviously not been listening. The ones I worry about are people who develop forms of dementia, such as ...more

To the people who participated in this class-action lawsuit:   1. If you fell for such an obvious scam, maybe you deserved to lose your money.   2. You're not getting back what you spent on the shoes. The article cites a settlement of 40 million dollars, and at least 500,000 plaintiffs. If you divide the plaint...more

Unbelievable. Lately, Mr. Mirhaydari's columns are no longer hymns of praise to Obama.   Maybe there's hope for this country after all. One person at a time wakes up.

But you do need to be intelligent, night maniac.

"Paying an extra $3,000 every tax season will reduce your mortgage term by nearly nine years."   If you're getting a tax refund of $3,000, you're doing your withholdings all wrong.