Roundup

Not every company’s shareholder meeting turns into a type of personal finance carnival, but Warren Buffett’s company is anything but normal. What is normally a decent sized annual event for shareholders has turned into a festival of sorts where investors and media flock to see what the Oracle of Omaha will say next. The shareholder [...]

A new scandal has caused the Secret Service to fire or “encourage” some agents to retire after prostitutes were brought into a facility the President was staying at in Colombia. One of the prostitutes demanded payment, the agent wouldn’t pay, and the next thing you know embarrassing international headlines are everywhere.  Not only was it [...]

The recent rally of the stock market stumbled at the end of the week with a release of a “negative” jobs report. I say “negative” because the headlines you saw were things like “Negative jobs report dampens markets” and “Silver lining in poor jobs report”. This left me confused and somewhat annoying with business and [...]

Facing foreclosure from Bank of America? BofA has realized they have a problem on their hands: you can foreclose on millions of delinquent homes all you want, but getting rid of them before they fall apart due to disrepair isn’t as easy. If you’re sitting on thousands of properties it takes a lot of potential [...]