1. The Economic Crisis Takes a Virulent TurnThe word credit comes from the Latin "credere" which means "to believe, or to trust." That's really all you need to know about the mode

A famous research study was once done on a clique of young goldfish, who were raised in a luxuriously long aquarium with a pesky glass wall smack down its middle. Every time these goldfish tried to s

Add fake food to the usual run of inflated resumes, hair transplants and plastic-surgery-created beauty. The phony grub in question isn’t quite sawdust - but it substitutes cheap ingredien

Greetings from New York, where the notion that the new regime is “bullish for alternative energy” is, to be perfectly blunt, the silliest notion I've seen since last summer, when I got an

One great thing to do with your kids is use real-life money situations and your world as your classroom. Think of a trip to the grocery store as a field trip.Most working parents devote at least part

Minyan Peter is discussing The Courage to Choose: I believe that in time, historians will define the last twenty years in America as the “Age of Aspiration” where, thanks to unpreceden

Prof. Shedlock's bearish read of the commercial real estate market is proving increasingly correct. Yesterday in his blog he noted that deals simply are not getting done, which creates a val

Stocks to watch for Friday, December 28, 2007: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) aid it completed a $2.2 billion monetization of its midstream asset portfolio and will use the proceeds to reduce acquisi

At the beginning of 2007, Gold was priced below the $650 mark. After a steadily increasing and flirting with $850, the commodity has broken a flag pattern into year-end.Minyanville's profess

Morning Perspective: China’s Energy Focus AP reports China promised Wednesday to give “top priority to developing renewable energy.” In a 44-page report, the Chinese government said