Thanksgiving is all about family gathering around a table laden with food, right?But there aren’t any rules about where the table is placed. Or if there are rules, maybe it’s time to brea

The market for timeshares, that odd sliver of the luxury vacation business that has more or less flourished since the 1970s, has never been worse. Americans now own 1.5 million timeshares around the

There's great debate about inflation versus deflation. Most who are buying stocks aren't doing so because they see good fundamentals, but are doing so because they're worried about inflation. Clearly

One a night, almost every night, for six months. This is the pattern Berlin police have been following since the spring in a bizarre series of arsonist attacks on area luxury vehicles, particularly M

Thinking about buying housing for your college student?Do the math before buying your student a residence close to campus.You may want to rent out one or more bedrooms to swing the deal. If so, this

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is proposing a 3-tiered system for regulating systemically important financial institutions (SIFI).Tier 1 would include high-risk institutions, such as large, in

1) Secular Risk AversionRemember these days. These dark economic times will one day be accused of imprinting enduring behavioral changes on those who lived through them. Of course, it is really socia

I'm not writing this under duress: Neither my family nor I were kidnapped by the Chinese government. I simply made a mistake in my last note about China called Simple Math Disproves China's "Sta

Consumers took advantage of a new tax-benefit, ordering construction on new homes in June more than any month since November according to the New York Times. Housing starts jumped to 582,000 units la

The downbeat economy is good news for renters.Nationwide, vacancies rose to the highest level in 22 years, climbing to 7.5%, up from 6.1% a year ago. This means rents are still falling as landlords s