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A popular prescription in the personal finance domain is to increase or maximize annual contributions to 401(k)s or similar retirement plans. However, one of the best financial decisions I’ve m

Peter,Earlier this week, on CNBC, banking analyst Meredith Whitney said, “I think that the call this year, the trade this year has been short the regional banks and go long the capital market

Given the choice between immediate gratification and savings for the future, most Americans opted for new Italian loafers or a flat screen TV. Bucking that trend is the recent 6.9% saving rate increa

Editor's Note: See Ron Coby's first "letter" to Ben Bernanke here.  And his "thank you note" to Ben here. This is for illustrative purposes only and isn't an offer to buy or

Last month I highlighted the structural changes that have taken place in the DRAM industry and how that makes for a positive investment environment over the next year or so. Since then, there have be

In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates.  Eight months after President Obama bega

Editor's Note: This article was written by Richard Suttmeier, chief market strategist at ValuEngine.com, which is a fundamentally-based quant research firm in Princeton, New Jersey, that covers more

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Through that lens, the current course of fiscal and monetary po

Water is a key issue in many areas, but in the Southwest United Sates, it's critical. The ability to find new sources and transfer water is key. Over the past few years, a couple of high-profile tran