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Get ahead of your financial planner

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Shoppers: materialism is bad for you

Seeking happiness through material acquisition is associated with loneliness and worse responses to trauma
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A hedge fund group has started a television channel to market their wares, but it won't exactly be the next Breaking Bad
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Wall Street's ethics problem

I'm not sure why anyone bothers to invest with Wall Street firms. It's rather like entrusting your bank account to a Nigerian Prince.
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How to save the housing market

Is home ownership a right or a privilege? Or is it a lifetime of slavery through debt?
ApollyonExterminans

Fixing your credit score

I have a hard time getting loans - except I don't want your damned loans in the first place. If I can't pay for something with cash I possess via a debit card - then guess what? I don't buy it.
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Detroit's $500 houses

No one is being driven out of Detroit - the areas people are buying into are abandoned. Put down Engels, get out of your armchair, and come over here and see for yourself.
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Wall Street's ethics problem

What percentage of executives in other organisations say that adhering to ethical standards inhibits their progression through that organisation? Using unethical means for advancement is a human thing, not a Wall street thing.