Data Brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information It’s no secret that your personal data is routinely bought and sold by dozens, possibly hundreds, of companies. What’s less known is who those companies are, and what exactly they do. Thanks to a new Vermont law requiring companies that buy and sell third-party personal data […]

Cancer A Dirty Word Or Something To Fear Why this topic now?? I have been a caregiver for a close friend and religious leader for over a month now. He is not progressing well, looking death in the eye while trying to put on a strong fight. His treatment group hasn’t been able to stop […]

Following The Money Continues For over three years the Money Connection has brought to you the reader our views on money issues and we have strived hard to keep this media source open for your advantage. As we move into the Year of the Pig it has become rather difficult to continue with this blog […]

Schedule an Extra Student Loan Payment on the Day the Interest Is Lowest Understanding your loan’s interest cycle is one of the keys to ridding yourself of student loan debt. And an extra payment or two every now could help you lower your balance significantly—assuming your timing is right. Because student loan interest is typically […]

How to Become a Forex Trader Anyone with a little money and patience can become a Forex trader. However, the skill and patience required to become a successful or profitable trader requires limiting losses while identifying good trade setups with a positive risk: reward set up. Despite the ease of getting into the business, there […]

Social Security expansion bill poised to gain traction in Congress As Social Security’s funding problems loom ever closer on the horizon, the program has emerged as a pet project on many lawmakers’ fix-it list. Now in control of the House, Democrats have thrown their weight behind a measure that would extend and expand the program […]

End of immigration program gives Liberians in U.S. a choice: Leave their American children or become undocumented Magdalene Menyongar’s day starts with a 5:30 a.m. conference call with women from her church. They pray together as Menyongar makes breakfast and drives to work, reflecting on everything they are thankful for. But lately, the prayers have […]

1 in 3 middle-class families struggle with financial insecurity Why American families struggle with financial insecurity Coming up with $400 to cover an emergency expense might seem doable for a middle-class family, but one-third of them couldn’t cover that last year. Their experience of financial insecurity underscores their financial fragility despite a growing economy, according […]

A Growing Number of Americans Have More Credit Card Debt Than Savings The economy may be better, and unemployment may be lower, but that doesn’t mean American consumers are doing any better with their debts. That’s according to a new survey of 1,000 people from the personal-finance company Bankrate. It found that 29% of Americans […]

The Social Security Fantasy One of the great challenges of our time is to prevent Social Security and other programs for the elderly from taking over the national government. It could already be too late. Recently, the Congressional Budget Office reported that federal spending on the 65-plus population now amounts to 40 percent of non-interest […]