I just read that 40% of Americans cannot cover a $400 unplanned expense.

Use the "Americans Investing Internationally" forum.

The average American is also tapped out on their credit cards.

As a former teacher, I've seen how bad things have become in the past decade, and it isn't going to get better any time soon.What's worse is that popular culture is embracing the misuse of words and the media propagates it as well.Its the dumbing down of American Society, and it is happening in front of our very eyes.

For now, though, just hold on to what you got.Purchase Price: 21.25Currently: 23.41 (up 10%)Recommendation: HoldOther Huge PerformersFord (F)Purchase Price: 6.44/shareCurrently Trading: 8.22/share (up 27.64%)About a month ago Ford posted a 100 million dollar profit, which is very rare for american car companies these days.

That is 99.9% more than the average American will even come close to doing!

The master has also written two web books titled "The Backside Of American History", which cover things that were actually big news stories, but you probably never learned about in school.salon; heavily, but not entirely politics.

I'd rather not be the typical american and come back with some italian sports car but perhaps use cash that's in the bank to make an investment in my future and get me into an exciting career for once.So the question I'm posing to the experts, if you were just starting and had a giant lump sum of money (roughly 220k after taxes) to play with in a market that isn't really inflated what would you do?

I use First American Heritage, and they have an online tool that lets you look at comps.Zillow is actually useful in this context.

I'm an American living in Singapore.