Identity theft was a bad news, even worse news story in 2017, a new report has found. Despite a painful transition to fraud-fighting chip-enabled credit cards, and a series of other changes designed to stem the tide of fraud, identity theft actually swelled to record highs last year. Making matters [Keep reading]
Unless you are living under a rock, you now know that the stock market is in the middle of that time-honored tradition called a “correction” — as in, months and months of tidy gains in your retirement account have been lost in just a day or two. At one point [Keep reading]
(NOTE: This is a free excerpt from my new book: Gotcha Capitalism, 10 years later. A lot has happened in the world of cell phones since 2008. It’s fun to look back….) Remember when you tried really hard not to use your mobile phone until nights and weekends? [Keep reading]
I recently had to undertake one of the most arduous, perilous tasks consumers face — updating all my credit card automatic payments. My card had expired of natural causes — rare in the age of account hacking — so off I went, chasing after every card-paying account I have. These [Keep reading]
Remember that huge Equifax hack? Well, there’s an important deadline this week for victims (that’s virtually everyone). The firm’s offer of free credit monitoring, etc., expires on Jan. 31. The service Equifax is offering is actually called TrustedID Premier, and while it’s not going to solve all your ID theft [Keep reading]
People laughed last night when The New York Times reported that Donald Trump claimed Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be dismissed because he had a conflict of interest with the president over a golf club fee dispute. It’s not funny. The dispute may very well strike at the heart [Keep reading]
ORDER THE NEW EDITION OF GOTCHA CAPITALISM NOW! It’s the 10th Anniversary of Gotcha Capitalism, and what a wild ride it’s been. In honor of the occasion, I have re-written the book and it’s now available for sale. A lot has happened in 10 years — well, a lot has [Keep reading]
If you feel bad about yourself today, it might be because Bank of America released a report this week claiming that 1 in 6 millennials already have $100,000 or more in savings. And just about half (47%) have $15,000 or more. Naturally, this counter-intuitive (generous!), positive result got pretty wide [Keep reading]
(This excerpt is from the new edition of my book Gotcha Capitalism, out this month. Buy it here at Amazon as a $4.95 e-book or a $14.95 “book’ book. Learn more at GotchaCapitalism.net) Ah, competition. It’s a beautiful thing. But it works in mysterious ways. Cable TV has had an [Keep reading]
“Can you take me to the emergency room, I’m experiencing shortness of breath.” The passenger feared he might be having a heart attack. It might have been a false alarm. Either way, he wanted to get to the hospital fast. So, he summoned an Uber. (This story is part of [Keep reading]
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