Thank goodness, October is over.
Market historians were busy last month rewriting the record books on what seemed like a daily basis. Unfortunately, many of the new records were the type that we’d prefer to have remained unbroken. Here are a few of the new entries:
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There’s only one word to describe what took place in the financial markets last week - ugly.
You probably don’t need to glance at the box score below to know that stocks dropped significantly last week. Monday’s dizzying drop of 777 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, attributed to the House of Representative’s failure to [...]

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Earlier this year, some investors thought the key to a rising stock market was to see a big drop in the price of oil. Well, we’ve now seen a 27% drop in the price of oil since its July 3 closing high, but, as of last Friday, stock prices were still languishing near their July [...]

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While it’s dropped in recent weeks, it’s no secret that the price of oil is at record levels, jacking up how much you pay each week for a gallon of gas. And while it’s been likely a non-factor over the past few months in terms of how much you’re paying to keep your house warm [...]

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The tug of war in the stock market ended in just about a draw last week as the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose a fraction.
Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 index has traded in a range roughly between 1,215 and 1,450, according to data from Yahoo! Finance. However, when you consider [...]

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Despite a 15.2% drop in the price of a barrel of oil last week, the stock market finished mixed as weak jobs and housing data took center stage, according to MSN Money.
The Labor Department helped sour the market last Thursday by reporting another rise in first-time claims for state unemployment benefits. That kept fears of [...]

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Knowing Your Credit Score Saves You Money
Knowing and understanding what your credit score means is key to opening up your financial options, a fact I thought was well known but apparently not so says a joint study by the Consumer Federation of America and Washington Mutual Bank (where I once worked).
Credit scores are one [...]

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As some of you know, I’ll be heading back to the East Coast –and will be doing so over the next two weeks. Going to make a trip out of the move–which, with gas prices around $4.50 or so, is going to be a costly affair. But we’re doing it and we’re doing it in [...]

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Toyota Will Go Green in Australia–and Thailand
Something about cheaper labor in Thailand makes sense, but I guess Toyota also has its reasons for wanting to make hybrid Camrys in Australia as well. The company says it’ll make 10,000 of the green cars in Altona, a city in southeaster Australia.
That’ll make Australia one of the few [...]

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Traveling today, but wanted to share a few personal finance blogs with you that you may find interesting. Have at it! I look forward to getting back to writing my normal FinanceBlogOnline posts by Thursday!

I Will Teach You To Be Rich
Get Rich Slowly
My Money Blog
Consumerist
Violent Acres
Five Cent Nickel
My First Million at 33
The Simple Dollar
Young and [...]

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