The adage "statistics don't lie" impliedly includes an addendum along the lines of, "They can also often be interpreted multiple ways and reasonably point toward disparate conclusions."Nowhere can that be seen more clearly than in data released recently by the Federal...
Black Friday.On the day this blog is posting, it is certainly noteworthy to observe what much of the day is about for millions of consumers across the country, including in Florida.Spending. Lots of spending.In response to the question, "How much?," retail projections...
When the mighty fall they sometimes take others down with them. When the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme tumbled down, many investors saw their retirement savings go down with it. The money was then gone, with little to be done to save it.A similar situation occurred in...
We informed readers of the double-edged sword posed by debt-relief companies in a July 9 blog entry, referencing the "empty promises" routinely made by actors in that industry and the much worse positions many debtors actually find themselves in after contracting with...
There appears to be some firm traction undergirding sustained improvements in the realm of foreclosures nationally, although the evidence supporting that is tempered by outsized variances in foreclosures regionally and in certain states. Florida, unfortunately,...
