Personal Finance Mastery

Here are 9 Tax Deductions that expired at the end of 2011; for the millions of Americans that use these deductions you will find yourself with a higher tax bill the following Spring when you do your 2012 taxes.
MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUM DEDUCTION
Starting in 2006 new loans that required Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) and the borrower [...]

It’s a little known fact that at this time the greatest Savings Account or even CD (Certificate of Deposit) in the United States doesn’t come from any of the major banks.
Perhaps a credit union or some smaller local bank where they keep more of the revenue and profits local? No. 
The greatest Savings Account is issued [...]

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President Nixon and The Split Between The Dollar And Gold
I came across this video today and I felt compelled to share with everyone, I know the other day I just wrote a blog post on the 40th Anniversary of the Gold Dollar Divorce but here it is to see in real life how the world [...]

How Any New Debt Limit Deal Will Hurt The Middle Class
At this moment in Washington DC America’s leaders are frantically searching to find a solution to the United States’ addiction to spending.
Needless to say I’m not holding my breath for any miracle solutions. In fact I’m pretty concerned that any solution will target one [...]

The other day the United Nations issued a report warning of what they call a crisis of confidence and even a potential collapse of the US Dollar.
The report was a 17 page update to the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011 issued at the beginning of the year.
The economists at the UN were concerned [...]

How the Government is Taking Outrageous Tax Revenue from Every Gallon of Gas
Over the past few months I think we have all been a little pinched by the increasing cost of gasoline.  Luckily we have had a small reprieve lately with the price of crude oil pulling back a little but it has started creeping [...]

Forget 2012! 2016 is the year the Age of America will come to an end.

According to a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report 2016 is the year the Chinese economy will overtake the United States and in so doing change the global economic landscape that has been in place for over 100 years.   In fact [...]