The hectic pace of modern life leaves us with little time to spend with our loved ones as we keep slogging after that unattainable deadline in a stress filled environment. No matter how much we enjoy our jobs and desire to fulfill our every ambition, it is only human to feel stressed out and tired from time to time. At times like this, it is necessary that we take a break and smell the roses. When it has been a long time since you enjoyed a qu (more…)

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Dec. 11th on hopes that the credit crisis would be tempered from 4.5. Markets were on the upswing up until the cut was announced because many investors were under the impression that the central bank, under pressure from all sectors of the economy espicially real estate, would deliver a heftier half-point cut, which would have made it significantly less difficult for banks to borrow money from the Fed (more…)