For general audience

Of course, how you make your living is part of your overall financial picture. But it doesn't have to be the same way everyone else does.

This article examines the subject of foreclosure from the perspectives of both the former homeowner and the new purchaser.

This article describes how the October 2007 California wildfires will affect local and state economies.

This would have been an unimaginable front-page topic even two years ago. How quickly times change! The article discusses the reasons for choosing either option over the other.

Asset Securitization is another aspect of magic money. Now you see it, now you don’t.

Take a trip to gobbledegook-land. I can read most legal documents but financial documents, especially when we enter the realm of never-neverland financing, is an exercise in double-speak.

Lawrence J. White, Professor of Economics at NYU Stern, explains his recent testimony about the U.S. Housing Bubble.

I have yet to wrap my mind around 'structured finance' but I do understand the concept of 'default'. What will be interesting is following these rates over time.

I'm still trying to wrap my English-major mind around these concepts.

Listen to the statistics and make up your own mind. Happy newsheads say one thing, economic troubleshooters say something else.