How to Get a Hot New...

Ever wonder how you can get shares of a hot IPO – initial stock offering?   Here’s the scoop. When a hot company’s IPO opens to the market,  both institutional and retail investors clamor to get a piece of the pie. Who are investors like you and me?   Wall Street calls...

5 Ways Health Care Reform Will Affect Your Wealth Apr04

5 Ways Health Care R...

The world of health care as we knew it no longer exists.  It hasn’t existed for several years and the recently passed “health care reform” law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPCA), sounded its death knells. It used to be that I can pay a minimal monthly...

Waitress forced to p...

“No good deed goes unpunished.”  My husband loves to give me this warning all the time.  An unfortunate Waffle House waitress in Alabama and her customer found this out the hard way.  Tonda Lynn Dickerson won $10 Million when a frequent customer gave her the winning lottery...

What To Do After The...

If you did not plan for the US debt downgrade by Standards and Poors (S&P) two to three weeks ago, then it’s already too late.   Any actions that you take now, especially out of fear or panic, may make your situation worse.   The market already reacted to it with almost 10% loss...

All Children Are Not...

Our children are not the same.   No matter how we slice it, there is no equality when it comes to the kids, especially about money. There’s a tendency by most people to automatically give equal amount to their children.    This is one of the worst things that you can do especially...

PTA Ponzi Scheme In ...

It sounds like the plot of a movie.   Three moms with kids at the Neil Armstrong Elementary School in Diamond Bar, CA used their PTA membership to con $14 Million dollars from other moms.   Unfortunately, it is all true. The victims showed the classic personal behaviors that we discussed...