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Personal Finance - Education
Written by livecheap staff   
Monday, 30 August 2010 09:00

Here's today's best articles on the web:

  • Teaching Yourself How to Invest in A Downward Economy
  • The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment
  • Some Banks Slash Their Overdraft Fees
  • How Expensive Will Food Get?

Teaching Yourself How to Invest in a Downward Economy

Investing in a bull market is easy.  Nearly everyone is a winner and you just focus on the hype and sell before it gets ridiculous.  This article deals with the opposite: the tough job of making money when nobody else is.

The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment

There is a huge rift in thinking on the length of unemployment benefits: 99 weeks.  Politics in this article aside, there are some interesting statistics compared to past recessions.

 

Some Banks Slash Their Overdraft Fees

Tired of hearing about $39 overdraft fees for a $2 item?  Well at least one major bank has a new policy that is more reasonable and ties the amount of the fee to the amount of the overdraft.  Read to see the bank and what some other major banks are doing.  Our advice.  Don't opt in to overdrafting at all and if you run out of cash....you run out of cash.

 

How Expensive Will Food Get?

Cattle and coffee prices are surging over 10% in a month.  Is this a sign of a long term trend even in a recession or a shorter term blip?

 

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