My weekly list of things I meant to say, follow-ups, requests, all the personal finance news that need to be cleaned up and aired out.

Not sure you'd want to win this one, but....

The prizes look good anyway. So if you can stand up and say your portfolio was hurt the most during the recent financial crisis, go ahead and give it a try...
http://www.hedgeable.com/financialcrisiscontest.php

Comment of the week
From AlisonT: I made a contract with certain credit card companies. I kept up my end. I paid on time, never went over the limit, and always paid more than the minimum. They have responded by breaking the contract, lowering my limits, increasing my rates and payments. I tell each of them, the economy will improve, you will get paid off, and when it does I WILL remember who kept
their contract with me and who didn't. Chase and Bank of America, you have
made a lot of money off of me over the years. Kiss it goodbye.