During the real estate boom in the early 2000, companies believed in the Federal Reserve’s illusion of low interest rates and people were mesmerized by the same illusion of continuously increasing home prices. The illusion by the Federal Reserve then fueled investment in real estate and property but now everything has changed. With increasing homes [...]
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Stock Market School
April 29th, 2009 
Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you are interested in the stock market and feel overwhelmed with big news items that shakes the market every time you start having insight into what the market should do next, you probably should consider taking a short course on this subject. Many investors has been wondering if they can really invest in today’s [...]
Paying off Your Student Loans
April 28th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja After you graduate from a university, your student loan company will learn about it and your loan will come into the status of repayment. Usually, immediately on the first month that you are out of university, you are required to start paying the loan. Most people have their student loans set to a 20 year [...]
Your Money Bus In Milwaukee
April 25th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja The Your Money Bus tour was in Milwaukee, WI on April 22, 2009 to provide free financial advice to residents. Michael Haubrich wraps up the tour stop in Milwaukee and Racine.
Should We Invest In Gold?
April 22nd, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja When I watched the video on YouTube about the condition in Zimbabwe, it made me think. The value of Zimbabwean dollar went down to almost nothing. From the beginning of this year, people are taking only gold for payment. Today, it may not look as if the rest of the world is going down the [...]
Thousands of Dollars in Smoking Cost
April 21st, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja With the tobacco companies boosting their cigarette prices by 11% as the US government has shown the figures, smoking is not just bad for your health but is also getting rougher on your wallet. The increase in prices is due to the federal government increase in excise tax from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack [...]
The New World Order is Imerging
April 21st, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja “I think a new world order is emerging and with it the foundations of a new and progressive era of international cooperation. We have resolved that from today we will together manage the process of globalisation to secure responsibility from all and fairness to all and we’ve agreed that in doing so we will build a more sustainable and more open and a fairer global society.” Gordon Brown, G20 Summit 2009, London.
Loan Modification vs Bankruptcy
April 20th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja If you are currently struggling to find your way out of debt, filing for bankruptcy may be one of the options that you are considering to do. You may be tempted to file for bankruptcy regardless of the risk of damaging your credit score. It is true that by filing for bankruptcy, you will be [...]
The World’s Future
April 19th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja As I watched how the global crisis is affecting nations around the world and how it is said to be the ‘worst recession since 1930”, I wondered how we got into this position in the first place. While looking for answers about the origins of this financial meltdown I found an interesting fact in history [...]
4 Main Ways To Clean Up Your Credit
April 16th, 2009 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja Credit repair can seem overwhelming if you don’t know much about the basics about your credit, credit score or how it actually works. But rest assured that it is not all that difficult to clean u your credit and plan towards a better financial future by applying smarter spending and borrowing practices. Here are 4 [...]
