In May 2008, a bride and groom were scammed out of thousands of dollars paid toward a fake wedding venue. The bride happened to be the travel editor for the Los Angeles Times who'd advised her readers on how not to get hoodwinked on the Internet. The editor, Catharine Hamm tells the story to NPR's ...

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This article is the ninth of a thirteen-part series that explores the core tenets of Get Rich Slowly. You want the best — for yourself, for your spouse, for your family. You want the best car, the best house, the best job, the best mutual funds, and the best savings account. You want things to be ...

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Get Technology with Emotion, Without Online Loans Companies like Orange may make "high definition" a reality for Americans soon. (Photo: Wikipedia.org) When the former Soviet Republic of Moldova aired radio advertisements featuring an assortment of emotional calls, the start of a technological wave began to spread. “This is the world’s first high-definition cell phone system that carries ...

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On today’s Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Tom Dziubek speaks with Renaud LaPlanche, co-founder and CEO of LendingClub and Rob Garcia, senior director of product strategy for the same company. The LendingClub teams discusses the benefits and drawbacks of peer-to-peer lending as an alternative to the traditional banking system. Also in today’s episode, Flexo and Ton Dziubek discuss ...

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There is no such thing as a perfect portfolio Despite the claims made by financial advisors and planners, in reality there is no real possibility of having the perfect portfolio that performs to your expectations. Most portfolio planning today uses some variation of the mean-variance optimization process invented by Harry Markowitz, and though this system does ...

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