User 68127

Barron's Roundtable Picks for 2009

Meryl is by far the smartest member of the RoundTable. She is about the only whose opinion is worth anything. Scott Black is OK too.

Other than that, they are just a bunch of self-important windbags using the RoundTable Forum to tout their, or their firm's positions and burnish their reputations among those readers who don't bother to check back on their results.

Winners and Losers from the Mortgage Mess

What happens if mortgage rates go up?

Standards are already being radically tightened, meaning that many who are still able to get a loan will be forced to pay higher rates and/or fees.

How Much Credit Is Too Much? Where AmEx Went Wrong

I have carried a Discover card for more than 20 years. Two or three times a year, a merchant will refuse to accept it, and then I just pull out my "prestigious" Mastercard instead. There is no fee and I get cash back. Of course, I probably do not dine at the same caliber of restaurant as some of the sophisticates, LOL!

Maybe I'm missing something, but I have never noticed any stigma attached to using Discover, not that I would care anyway. I do not live in a trailer, I have all my teeth, my wife does not have big hair, I DO take the kids to McDonald's occasionally...the fact that self-important snobs need a "higher class" card to validate their self-worth only makes me feel better about the card I choose to carry...