Welcome to the end of the week and another edition of Happy Hour! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy your end of the week roundup of all things interesting in the land of money.
Election Polls
The National Journal had a recent article covering recent polling numbers. It seems people, at least those polled, are confused. A majority wants lower taxes, no surprise there. Who doesn’t. A majority wants more government spending for job creation too. So the government gets less tax income and should spend more. What happened to lowering the deficit?
One thing they are not confused on, they want change. That is, about 65% of those polled don’t think their representative deserves reelection. Change is good!
Campaign Funds
Seems political contributors have accepted the government mantra of throwing money at the problem. With political ads kicking into high gear, it will be interesting to see how much all that money influences voters. As on May 31, the Obama and Romney campaigns had raised about $375 million. Continue Reading…
That Nigerian official doesn’t need your help getting money out of the country, you don’t have a long-lost uncle that left you millions in a Malaysian bank and money still doesn’t grow on trees. Securities fraud, or investment fraud, is a nonstop problem and thanks to email, we’re bombarded by it every day.
The two most popular and easiest ways to buy/sell a stock or ETF 
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