How To Replace Missing Savings Bonds.

You think you remember your grandmother giving you U.S. Savings Bonds when you were younger…but they seem to have disappeared. Your mom says that you had hundreds of dollars worth of them…but they are all gone. How would you go about trying to find these missing bonds? Luckily the U.S. Government can [...]

Wells Fargo To Offer Virtual Records Storage.

Don’t feel safe storing your important documents inside your GMail account or your external hard drive? Wells Fargo Bank might have a solution for you - a virtual safe-deposit box for storing all your digital files online that is accessible from anywhere and is just as safe as your online banking sessions are.
From the [...]

Precious Metals In Short Supply?

I received the following letter this morning from a company that I have bought precious metals from in the past:
Dear David,
Due to the OVERWHELMING demand for precious metals, our online ordering system has been unable to keep up with our customers’ needs. We have had to disable the ordering system to allow us ample [...]

What These Market Conditions Could Mean For You The Individual.

I am no economist, but luckily other people are and can better explain things than I can. I have gotten several emails this week asking about how this market slide, the Bear Sterns mess, and the decline of the U.S. dollar could affect individual people who are NOT in the banking industry, and while I [...]

IMF To Use Public’s Money To Shore Up Financial Sector?

This is getting more and more interesting (and frightening) the more I read about it…
From The Financial Times:

Governments might have to intervene with taxpayers’ money to shore up the financial system and prevent a “downward credit spiral” from taking hold, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. John Lipsky, the IMF’s first deputy managing director, [...]

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