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Double Dip Recession headed Our Way?
Broward accountant Shawny Reid’s use to adding up numbers. And she thinks the current numbers out of the U-S Economy all add up to the same thing. Reid says “Oh yeah, definitely, we’re going to go back...
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Holiday Hiring Starting Slowly
It’s a sign of the approaching Holiday Shopping Season: A Holiday Hiring Fair at Sawgrass Mills brought out some pretty good crowds. But like so many other local job fairs, there were long lines, lots...
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Local Jobs Improving?
The latest job numbers out of the U-S Labor Department and Private Employment Analysts show Unemployment dropped in about 2/3rds of the major Metropolitan Areas around the country. There are still 6...
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Al’s Fourth Quarter Financial Forecast/ Financial Strategies
If you haven’t checked your calendar lately, don’t be surprised to see we’re now in the Fourth Quarter and well on our way towards closing out 2011. And despite a rocky October start on Wall Street,...
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Fears of a Double-Dip Dropping
One of Wall Street’s biggest and oldest investment houses has joined the growing ranks of number-crunchers seeing steady improvements recently out of the U-S economy. Some are even forecasting it may...
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Weston Real Estate Gains the Best Nationwide
Weston resident Mary Ann Wardell’s all smiles over the latest news that home values in her city lead the nation according to the latest market surveys out of Business Week and Zillow-Dot Com. She...
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“Cloud Computing ” Identity Theft Storm Potential?
It’s the latest hi-tech buzz from computer and smart-phone makers. It’s called the Cloud. And it’s being built-right-in to some of the latest smartphone, tablets and home computers. According to...
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Something Olde that’s suddenly New Again
” I spend more, I spend more than last year” sighs Theresa Rodriguez as she walks thru the lanes of her neighborhood Super-Store. Like so many other careful shoppers, she has to save money. But she...
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Thru a Glass Darkly: Al’s 2012 Economic Forecast
Will we finally see the Economy improve here and around the country in 2012, and what will happen to our Investments, Homes and Jobs? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds around South...
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New Year Trading’s Off to Good Start: Will it last?
Investors got a New Years’ boost out of the latest U-S Economic indicators showing solid gains for Construction Spending and Manufacturing. And that’s all it took to trigger a solid rally on the...
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Credit Card/ ID-Theft at Record Levels: Fight Back!
Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft is so bad in South Florida, we are one of the national focuses of a new campaign promoting Cyber-Safety by the U-S Department of Homeland Security. Just how bad is...
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National Unemployment Dropping: A Closer Look for South Florida
The Latest January National Employment numbers are looking better than last year. And it’s boosting Wall Street to levels not seen for several years. But is there a real hiring boom nationwide, how...
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Tax Refund Fraud Growing around S. Florida
There’ve been so many identity theft victims choking local IRS offices that the agency’s limited how many could come into their customer service offices earlier this week. Sunrise resident Vanessa Dowe...
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Local Gas Prices Keep Rising along with “Big Oil” profits
Al Sunshine Our recent spike in Gas Prices isn’t coming from the traditional “Supply and Demand” market forces, but rather “Investors” jumping into the commodities markets at the same time a major oil...
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Wall Street Gains: Spring Cleaning for Our Finances?
With Wall Street having one of its’ best weeks in years, and the Dow flirting with new record yearly highs almost every day, you might think local consumers are feeling a little bit better about the...
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S.Fla. Residential Real Estate Leading the Nat’l Recovery?
Nationally, home prices dropped to 2002 levels according to the latest real estate surveys. And that makes last year one of the worst in recent history for the national real estate markets. But it...
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Stopping Car Insurance Scams: Running Outta Time
Insurance fraud investigators in Florida have been seeing them for years: They look like a regular accident you might see around South Florida every day. It starts with a car getting clipped by an SUV....
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“CBS 4 Investigates” Findings quoted in Congress
Tax refund scams are costing Uncle Sam as much as $10-Billiion dollars a year and current laws are not strong enough to protect Taxpayers from sophisticated Cyber-Thieves: That according to Tuesday’s...
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Q-2: Al’s Financial Forecast for the coming Financial Quarter
We’ve seen some steady economic gains here in South Florida and across the country. Where we’ve been since the start of the year can give us solid clues where we’re heading for the second-quarter,...
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Last Minute Tax Tips
Tuesday April 17th BEFORE Midnight: We may have a little extra time for this years’ IRS deadline to file our 2011 Tax Returns. But there’s still plenty of taxpayers with last minute questions. The...
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