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By: Roshawn Watson Just as Goldman Sachs predicted, this year the US savings rate has increased to 5-10% for the first time since 1995. Presently, we’re saving on average 5.7% of our income, representing a meteoric rise compared to the negative savings rates we had just two years prior. It is incredible the difference a… Continue reading Does Your City Make You Broke?

By: Roshawn Watson and Nate Purpura With an economy that has slowed, many new graduates are having trouble finding jobs. Employers plan to hire 22 percent fewer college graduates in 2009. Indeed, some have given up searching for jobs altogether and instead are returning to school (or home) or simply not working for awhile. Although… Continue reading The Benefit That Matters The Most

By: Roshawn Watson Fame and fortune. It’s what many dreams are made of, yet relatively few ever achieve it. I would argue that perhaps the biggest benefits of being high-profile celebrity is that it gives influence. For whatever reason, we as a society care what they are wearing, how they smell, and in some cases… Continue reading Forbes Celebrity 100

By: Roshawn Watson In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy! To my readers: I am so honored by your support. Thank you for reading, subscribing, and for voting for articles from this site on social… Continue reading Uncommon Money News (Vol. 62)

By: Roshawn Watson Synopsis Wall Street Journal released a fascinating article last week called Millionaires Go Missing: Maryland’s fleeced taxpayers fight back. Briefly, Maryland failed to balance its budget last year, so it decided to create a special millionaire tax bracket to make up the deficit. “Governor Martin O’Malley, a dedicated class warrior, declared that… Continue reading The Revenge of The Millionaires

By: Roshawn Watson In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy! I am especially appreciative to ALL SIX BLOGS CARRYING OUR POST: Good Old Middle Class or Wealthy You Decide. This post has been garnering a… Continue reading Uncommon Money News (Vol. 61)

By: Roshawn Watson I was recently participating in a forum about credit card deadbeats and was amazed by some of the debt myths being perpetuated by experts (I use this term loosely). Moreover, one was so brazen as to attack me likely because his (or her) differences in opinion about debt and his misinformation. Of… Continue reading Is A Credit Card Safer Than A Check Card?

By: Roshawn Watson Sure they win a highly coveted music contract and instant fame, but do the American Idol winners actually get the paycheck to go with it? As reported yesterday on E News and Forbes, the top 10 American Idol earners (excluding the judges and people behind the scenes) are featured in the video… Continue reading How Much Money do American Idols Make?

By: Roshawn Watson In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy! I am especially appreciative to the Intelligent Speculator for hosting the Carnival of Financial Planning. I am happy that our Hobby Lobby Raising Minimum Wage… Continue reading Uncommon Money News (Vol. 60)

By: Roshawn Watson Harris Interactive recently released the 2009 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey. This survey sampled 1000 Americans over 18 years old between March 13-16. Their results demonstrate that most Americans have considerable financial deficiencies. Here are their revealing findings… Financial Literacy 41% of U.S. adults gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F… Continue reading The Sad State of American Finances