European investors have been buying American real estate because, with low prices plus the exchange rate, it has been double cheap for them..Probably the change in exchange rates isn't a big enough change to make them stop buying.I know that some of you are following both the stock market and foreign currency.

The dollar is a currency and therfore losing purchase power is inevitable.

They have agreed to service it indefinitely if needed but the agreement with the Comptroller of the Currency allows them to pass on buying the riskier parts of the WaMu portfolio.

Then I would pay off all of my debts and mortgages on the houses we spend our time in and convert half of the remaining cash into hard currency.

We got our full amount... and quickly.Like Michelle Obama said, it was barely enough to afford a pair of earrings.

Lenin said that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch its currency.

On Acorn, On Pelosi' He screamed at the pairs!

Alright I admit it when I was In College I bypassed the coin op washing machines by putting the coins in a pair of pantyhose before putting them in the slots.

For the time consuming stuff that I don't like, painting, yardwork, cleaning, plus an extra pair of hands, I hire casual labor.

How about replacing it by showing the back pocket of a pair of jeans with a glimpse of some cash coming out of it.