http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:58:59 -0700 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:39:22 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d24-What-does-the-Federal-Reserve-do-anyway?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner   With the economy in the news every day, more attention is being focused on the Federal Reserve than ever before. Did you ever wonder what it is that these people do?The Federal Reserve System was created on December 23, 1913 by President ... market finance Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:39:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d24-What-does-the-Federal-Reserve-do-anyway?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d21-Mortgage-boom--hurry-up-and-wait?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner We are in the midst of a mortgage refinance boom right now. With interest rate below 5% for many loans, home owners across the country are contacting their Lenders to take advantage of these historically low rates.Please, if you are a home owner look... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:28:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d21-Mortgage-boom--hurry-up-and-wait?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Tax-cheat-to-run-US-Treasury?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner In what is hoped to NOT be a typical example of his political and economic acumen, soon to be President Barrack Hussein Obama selected an acknowledged income tax cheater to be his Secretary of the Treasury.Timothy Geithner, the current President of t... Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:23:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Tax-cheat-to-run-US-Treasury?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Get-health-care-insurance-for-you-and-your-kids--the-new-CHIP-is-here?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi – that power hungry moron from the Peoples Republic of San Francisco – and her minions started off the 111th Congress with a bang this week.In a victory of rhetoric over reality, and as a way to sta... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:12:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Get-health-care-insurance-for-you-and-your-kids--the-new-CHIP-is-here?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d12-How-private-is-your-personal-information?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner You have an unlisted phone number, you guard your personal information, you shred your financial papers- so everything is private and safe, right? Would you be alarmed to know that even when you think things are private, a perfect stranger can look y... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:52:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d12-How-private-is-your-personal-information?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d8-Beware-of-mortgage-refinance-ripoffs?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner With mortgage interest rates at all-time lows (my company has 30 year fixed rates as low as 4.25% at the time of this writing), many people have contacted mortgage lenders or mortgage brokers to take advantage of these historic rates.This is a great ... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:23:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d8-Beware-of-mortgage-refinance-ripoffs?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d3-Check-your-credit--its-free?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner    Did you know that all residents of the US have the right to obtain one free credit report from each of the three credit bureaus per year? Now that we're heading into a new year, it's the perfect opportunity to take advantage of this... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:07:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d3-Check-your-credit--its-free?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d1-2008--How-will-it-be-remembered?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner   The old year is over. A new year has begun.What to say about the year past? As in any year in history, many things of consequence happened in 2008. How will the year be remembered? What were the seminal events that made this year in parti... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:05:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2009m1d1-2008--How-will-it-be-remembered?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d28-Mark-to-Market--another-stupid-government-overreaction?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner    One of the terms you may have been hearing lately in regard to our economic troubles is ‘mark to market’. This is an accounting rule that came out of the creative accounting done by Enron, WorldCom and their ilk did in 2... market Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:58:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d28-Mark-to-Market--another-stupid-government-overreaction?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d23-Recession-I-cant-find-it?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner Credit cards are still getting plenty of use.I bought a new car this past weekend. I didn't want to, but circumstances required it. My beloved Ford F-150 pickup truck is on its last legs, and I need a dependable vehicle for my work. So I took my truc... market Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:26:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d23-Recession-I-cant-find-it?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d20-Mortgage-rates-lowest-in-history?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner "The only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today." - Henry Ford.Making history is exactly what happened this past week on several fronts ... including mortgage interest rates.On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve slash... Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:05:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d20-Mortgage-rates-lowest-in-history?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d16-Are-safe-deposit-boxes-really-safe?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner  We all have important documents and valuables in our homes that we want to protect from theft and disaster. For many people, safe deposit boxes at banks provide a safe place to store those valuables outside of the home. After all, file cabinets... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:19:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d16-Are-safe-deposit-boxes-really-safe?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d15-Is-your-property-tax-bill-too-high?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Income tax, sales tax, estate tax, excise tax, alternative minimum tax...and just when you thought you'd paid them all...along comes your property tax bill as a homeowner. But did you know that the National Taxpayers Union estimates that as man... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:12:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d15-Is-your-property-tax-bill-too-high?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d11-An-ugly-picture-revealed?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner    There are hearings going on this week in Washington into the housing & mortgage mess that precipitated the overall economic mess in which we ourselves mired. Henry Waxman's (pictured here) House Committee on Oversight and Government ... Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:37:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d11-An-ugly-picture-revealed?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d10-IRS-releases-new-mileage-rates?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner   If you drive a car, truck or van for work, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced news that impacts you. That's because the IRS has released the new standard mileage rates for 2009. The rates will be used to calculate deductible... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:51:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d10-IRS-releases-new-mileage-rates?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d7-Our-financial-education-stinks?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner  Ok, I know many people find financial stuff boring. And having to learn about it is even more boring. But, how bored have you been lately with all the horrible financial news? Our economy and markets have been in free fall lately, and no one se... Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:04:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d7-Our-financial-education-stinks?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d4-45-Mortgage-interest-rates?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner You may have seen the news yesterday and today about the US Treasury Department announcing a plan to get the housing market moving again (read one article here). The plan, with admittedly few details so far, calls for the Treasury to buy mortgages on... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:44:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d4-45-Mortgage-interest-rates?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d3-Identity-theft--avoid-it-combat-it?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner With the holiday shopping season upon us - as much as there is of one this year - there is expected to be an upsurge of identity theft. Not that an upsurge is needed, as 3.6 million households discovered at least one member has been a victim of ident... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:13:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m12d3-Identity-theft--avoid-it-combat-it?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m11d29-Holiday-shopping-and-your-credit-score?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner At this time of year, many people are pulling out the credit cards for that holiday shopping extravanganza. Others are getting new cards (many retailers make it easy to get new cards with discounts at the register if you sign up), or are bu... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:36:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m11d29-Holiday-shopping-and-your-credit-score?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m11d26-Economic-troubles-solved?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner Washington, D.C. - In an unprecedented move, the out-going Bush Administration and the in-coming Obama Administration today announced a unique initiative guaranteed to solve all the economic woes plaguing the country. In a joint press conference... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:17:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1600-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner~y2008m11d26-Economic-troubles-solved?cid=exrss-Dallas-Personal-Finance-Examiner