U.S. income tax returns must be in the mail by Monday, but most people who did not have to pay more into the system have already filed. Many folks who expect refunds got the money faster by getting refund anticipation lo...

Children think that the president of the United St...  ...nt value of the dollar. We analyzed presidential finances based on historical sources. Most media evaluatio...

There has been a rash of corporate scandals and greed over the past decade, but it is hardly new. Here are a few financial scandals that made news long before Enron and Worldcom.Back in 1864, Credit Mobilier was a const...

Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at artful and unusual bank notes from around the world, past and present. You thought Zimbabwe's inflation was outrageous when they issued the 100 billion dollar notes? Now they have 100...

A Russian circus chimpanzee named Lusha picked sto...  ...f the rest of the market,' said editor of Russian Finance magazine Oleg Anisimov. He questioned why so-c...

Payday loans can have a annual interest rate of 400%, but people who take them don't look it it that way when they borrow $100 and pay back $115 in two weeks. Many fall into the trap of taking a second, third, or more lo...

The length of a man's ring finger appears to predict his success at financial trading. As an indicator, finger length has as much impact as his years of experience. The length ratio of the ring finger to the middle finge...

Banks failed, stock prices collapsed, and panic de...  ...cks with just a fraction of the value in cash and financed the rest by borrowing from the broker (...  ...re complex. In 1976, two young Berkeley finance professors named Hayne Leland Mark Rubinstein tho...  ...it to get a mortgage? One mortgage...

The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Reader book. Here are 7 stories of people who made their fortunes and those who lost it all ... From Rags to Riches ... JIM CARREY...