I know it's just a throw-away line meant to be humourous and really has nothing to do with the article, but this...:   "President Barack Obama's new pick for Treasury secretary has so far received more attention for his loopy signature than for his views on fiscal policy."   ...pretty much sums up why the US is...more

V_L..........I'm comfortable where my money is and I can see the revenue generation. But like a lot of decisions in life, we have to choose what seems right for us. I wish you the best in your decisions.......hopefully we both prosper.

Like pocketprotector, I use Vanguard (my wife, TRP) - just a small handful of no-load mutual funds. We won't get 'rich' because we've started so late; but by the time we retire, we should be comfortable. Slow and steady...   Oh, and it helps to stay out of debt.

I've only eaten at two or three of these on the list; still, I'm sorry to see them go ONLY because so many will lose jobs. But I'm on the list here with those who eat almost entirely at local mom/pop restaurants. The experience is almost always better.  And I feel (rightly or wrongly - you may disagree) that supporting...more

OK. I.m not trivializing the state of the senior citizens, but this article is atrocious. It bounces from a law requiring adult children to visit their parents; to an increase in the abuse/neglect of the elderly; back to the law requiring visitation - as if, somehow, those issues are related.   If there is a correl...more

In one sentence: "She says she sees now that she could have used more help with planning."   Then the very next statement, "Her parents warned that debt would make it hard to buy a home. But she did not understand what that meant, she says."   Ahhh, Bate. You got "more help with planning". Your parents warned you....more

This is a good article (for a change); the problem is, though, the people who can benefit from this information probably aren't on a 'money' website.

Wasn't it just yesterday that there was an article about the advantages of NOT paying off your mortgage? And now this. I truely hope no one comes here for financial advice. While there might be......MIGHT be someone out there they can take advantage of this ..... hmmmmm, let's call it unconventional....ad ​ vice, I su...more

Really questionable advice, but I think we all could have stopped reading when we got to the second sentence:   "No, I don't mean not making your mortgage payments, although even that can make sense under some limited circumstances."   Really? Yea, I suppose not paying your bills.......well.... ​ ......will save ...more