It is difficult knowing what your home was worth and could have gotten one or two years ago but unfortunately cercumstances have changed.

The world moves at such a fast pace now that it seems you can no longer buy a stock, sock it away, and come back 5 or 10 years later and be guaranteed of a gain.

It makes one wonder why, in the midst of all this turmoil and uncertainty, gold has not gone up?

You can get stock pics almost everywhere including magazines, TV shows, radio shows, The Internet and probably many other places as well. One thing is for sure, there is no shortage of opinions.

The only thing the government does well is to police the nation and to defend our country. Of course even that will have many people in disagreement.

Finding how to make more money is a lot more fun and productive than always trying to cut back and save.

If your mail is stolen and the ID thief pretends to be you and sends in your application, you will not even know about it until it is too late.

Gold is in a bull market because its core fundamentals are so outstanding. It is also doing well right now because the stock market is tanking. You see, that is the "insurance" part of gold.

The worst thing an investor can do is research a great company, make an intelligent investment and when the market hits a bump in the road- sell in fear of losing money.

These pre approved credit applications are exactly what the ID theives are looking for when they search your garbage or steal your mail.