Anyone who is disliked by Wall St. is ok in my book.

Personally, I don't think anyone over 50 should be impacted (yes, I'm well over that so this isn't just a self-serving comment).  If someone who is now 50 retires at 65, that only gives them 15 years to plan for a lower benefit.  From a financial planning standpoint, that won't be easy for a lot of people, especially t...more

Dear MSN: WHY does your site keep blocking my posts.  They are NOT spam and NOT even similar to spam.  They contain NO hyperlinks.  Your site is pathetic.

My wife is retired and I will be within a couple years.  We paid off our mortgage and are glad we did.  First off, it gave us a guaranteed 5.4% return, tax free.  Our annual interest was low enough that we could not itemize it, so there goes the tax break on mortgage interest.  Paying it off was a no-brainer.  Yes, the...more

The fact is that the wealthy have never had it so good with regard to percentage of income that goes to taxes.  The top tax rates have been knocked down substantially over the last few decades.  In a large part of the 80's, the top rate was 50%.  By in large, in the 90's, it was 39%.  Now it's 35%.  I don't really care...more

With regard to Alcoa, it also used to be a dividend stock.  Even with the drop in price, it's yield is now pathetic.  No dividend investor would even look at it.

With regard to dividend stocks, you may have a point if your narrow focus is on capital gains.  If investing for dividend income though, you tend to welcome a drop in price for utility and other solid dividend stocks.  A lower stock price means a higher dividend yield.  Our entire stock portfolio consists of dividend p...more

Shocker (not).  Let me explain from just one person's point of view.  I can get a Netflix DVD for whatever movie I'm in the mood to watch.  I can make my own popcorn which is many times better and many times less expensive.  I drink whatever I want AND get refills and spend about 10% of what theaters charge.  Oh yeah, ...more

Every time I've gone into Best Buy I have just felt annoyed and uncomfortable.  I don't like the way they operate and I don't like the constant sales pitches, even at the register when you are just trying to check out.  I quit shopping there some time ago.  Guess that was a good move.