Mitt Romney continues to be under fire for his high income and how little taxes he pays in comparison to that income.  Yet, is it really that terrible that he uses the tax code to his advantage?  He may come under even more scrutiny now that Warren Buffet’s secretary was at the State of the [...]

Just when it seemed Mitt Romney might sweep the first three primaries, controversy has erupted based on the fact he revealed he just pays taxes at the 15% rate and that he holds off shore accounts.  Rick Perry has dropped out and is endorsing Newt Gingrich, dropping the pool to just 4 candidates.  South Carolina [...]

Mitt Romney is on a roll having won both the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries.  Many of his competitors are looking at South Carolina to claim their own stake and to halt Romney’s string of wins.  In a contest that has had several front runners early on who inevitably dropped out, Romney is looking like [...]

This week the Iowa Caucus was held.  Some were surprised to see Romney and Santorum in a statistical dead heat with Romney edging out Santorum by 7 votes.  Bachman dropped out of the race.  Now the candidates travel to New Hampshire, where it remains to be seen if Santorum can keep up the momentum.

The last week of 2011 brought us North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s funeral.  His son, Kim Jung Un, has taken power.  In the United States, Mitt Romney seems to be the latest Republican front runner, but during the past few months, the front runner seems to change every few weeks.  No doubt that 2012 [...]

After a very public standoff, Congress has approved a two month extension of the payroll tax cut, which makes for a nice Christmas present for millions of Americans. Whether that tax cut can be sustained in 2012 remains to be seen.

The end of 2011 is only two weeks away, so now is a perfect time to both outline your financial goals for next year and to wrap up your finances for 2011 by reevaluating your investments and preparing to file  2011 taxes.  Some recent articles on Investor Junkie that address these topics include, Preparing Your [...]

After several rounds of accusations of inappropriate conduct and harassment, Herman Cain has bowed out of the presidential race.  Now, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney come to the forefront while Donald Trump has mentioned that he might still be interested in running.  The next few months should be interesting for the Republican party as they [...]

Both Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw record sales.  Unfortunately, there was also more violence documented.  One man died and shoppers just walked over his body.  At another store, a woman brought pepper spray to spray other customers.  While the record sales may hint at good things to come for our economy, some shoppers’ conduct [...]