freedomfromthepress   You want the government out of the stock / bond market??  Really?  The governmnet is the stock/ bond market.  Most bonds are municipal bonds which lend money for government building projects, without government there wouldnt be a bond market.    Wake up man!!!  Public companies like Halliburto...more

His rise up the corporate ladder coincided with the boom years of the stock market.  I wonder how his investments have held up since 2008.  Also the raises and bonuses he claims he was getting are almost unbelievable.  I know computer/ IT guys making alot of money but this kind of money is rare for a young man to be ma...more

This author is like a lot of brokers who think they're smarter than everyone else. The problem with 401ks isnt that there is too many options, the problem is there isnt enough.  Out of the 8 or 10 options in my "supplemental retirement plan"  they are all susceptible to the same downturns in the stock market.  When the...more

No one can tell me that Rottwielers and Pittbulls are not more prone to attack.  It is what they were bred for.  The very name pittbull comes from pit fighting.  I have been around animals all my life.  I have owned numerous labs, although one should be wary of all dogs and all animals I would never let one of my kids ...more

Dar, you cant be serious.  If we force the banks to modify or else eat the mortgage, what incentive is there for any one person in the country to actually make their mortgage payment?  Hell if thats going to be the case, maybe I will let my mortgage go to.  I'll get my house for free.  Let's get real here.  THere is wa...more