A recent Consumerist listicle on smart money habits for the recession advised us to buy used. That suggestion, coupled with the plummeting real estate market, made us think that perhaps we’d be better off investing in homes that aren’t tied down to any local market. So, in that spirit and just in time for the [...]

With high-profile international shoe terrorism spiking over the weekend, in this installment of our weekly financial column Big Money Mondays we take a humbling look at the costs of this string of crimes that often go unreported (possibly because they are, more often than not, perpetrated by reporters).
Circa pre-recession times – but just in time [...]

The Monday morning come-down from the weekend’s escapism doesn’t have to be entirely depressing. Occasionally, financial news can still be profitable and even funny. Here’s proof that stocks are still a bag of laughs:

For financial optimism we turn to Forbes, and John Reese’s list: 5 Hot Stocks for the Long Run. Reese manages to incorporate [...]

As our collective dreams of financial frivolity are fueled over the weekend only to be dashed by Monday morning’s increasingly rude awakenings, so Listicles’ weekly financial column Big Money Mondays takes a closer look at our fantasies of luxury. In this first installment we look at the soon-to-be-extinct luxury car field. The dedicated car enthusiasts [...]