http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:09 -0700 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:56:10 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Can-microlending-eliminate-world-poverty?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner    If your portfolio isn’t doing well, trying doing good instead! Even as the market begins to levitate, some wary investors are sinking their gains into cash. But with today’s low interest rates, they won’t be earni... Giving Back Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:56:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Can-microlending-eliminate-world-poverty?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Annuities-part-II-stick-with-Suze?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner Suze blogs financial advice on www.suzeorman.com After writing about Viagra, scalped play-off tickets and Jim Cramer. My most controversial of topics turned out to be that scandalous product - the variable annuity. Go figure. And if there is one ... Investing Your Money Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Annuities-part-II-stick-with-Suze?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Ignore-the-gorilla-and-invest-like-a-pro?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner      This is one 800-pound gorilla you can afford to ignore. Avid CNBC viewers have probably seen the AXA Annuities commercial featuring an 800-pound gorilla urging a middle-aged professional to think about retirement. Although t... Investing Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:57:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Ignore-the-gorilla-and-invest-like-a-pro?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Tips-are-for-waiters?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner Manic Jim Cramer dishes out stock advice daily on CNBC  Jim Cramer - it's perhaps the most notorious name in stock picking these days. He's been ubiquitously berated by financial professionals worldwide for his eccentric antics. And to the casu... Investing Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:14:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Tips-are-for-waiters?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Sales-tax-savings?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Angelenos are now forking over nearly 10% of their purchases in sales tax. This is in part due to a half percent increase in the sales tax to help pay for public transport projects.  Measure R, which only affects LA County makes surroundi... Your Money Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:06:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Sales-tax-savings?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Personal-finance-book-review--I-Will-Teach-You-to-Be-Rich-by-Ramit-Sethi?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner Blogger turns author in this helpful book  Despite its boisterous cover, this book won’t make you rich, but it will teach you some personal finance tips that will save you many times cover price. There are many personal finance books out... Reading List Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Personal-finance-book-review--I-Will-Teach-You-to-Be-Rich-by-Ramit-Sethi?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d14-Free-Viagra-for-the-jobless?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner Pfizer's stimulus package In its own efforts to help ‘stimulate’ the economy, Pfizer announced it will give away Viagra and many other of its drugs to people who have lost their jobs and have no health insurance."Everybody knows now... Your Money Thu, 14 May 2009 13:59:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d14-Free-Viagra-for-the-jobless?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d8-For-Lakers-playoff-tickets-its-a-buyers-market?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner AP Photo: Kobe Bryant Do you have cash to spare despite the recession? With the playoffs heating up, it’s a great time catch an NBA playoff game. But just don’t go running to Ticketmaster this time, paying the hefty “convenience&... Your Money Fri, 08 May 2009 18:29:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d8-For-Lakers-playoff-tickets-its-a-buyers-market?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d7-How-ETFs-killed-margin-investing?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner In the past, investors who wanted to juice their returns would open costly margin accounts. They’d take on interest rates ranging anywhere from 3% to 9%, trusting their stock performance to outperform their borrowing costs. But if their investm... Investing Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10081-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m5d7-How-ETFs-killed-margin-investing?cid=exrss-LA-Personal-Finance-Examiner