Let's take a look at some indicators this week regarding money, Oil, and where to vacation with your teen. I suspect this upcoming week there will be more noise coming from the distressed property side of the economy, but Summer is almost here and kids will be out of school so we can look forward to those items.


Fannie and Freddie won't write down your mortgage... ...a growing number of loans backed by Fannie and Freddie are falling into default. Their delinquency rates are rising even faster than those of subprime mortgages as the weak economy takes its toll on more credit-worthy homeowners.


Oil to $100 I have been saying that the constant, unrelenting rise of gasoline prices with spikes, drops and rebounds to a higher level are all part of a sick 'Pavlovian' conditioning effort to increase oil company profits. The obscene amount of earning they report quarterly will continue. Now the refiners are pushing the prices out of the box!

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who runs the world’s largest refining complex, said the petroleum industry must be ready for oil prices to rebound to $100 a barrel or more on growing consumption in Asia.


Manage Your Time in Life like in Business...for many easier said then done!

Learn to live by the 80/20 rule. Generally speaking, only 20 percent of the things you spend your time doing produce 80 percent of the results you want to achieve. Yes, you read that correctly! To maximize your productivity, then, you need to identify the key 20 percent activities that are most effective and prioritize them.

To get started, take a look at how you currently use your time. What do you spend most of your day doing? How many things on your to-do list get checked off? Then, identify what you’d like for your 80 percent—your results—to look like. Once you know where you stand and where you’d like to go, reflow your priorities, and focus the first fruits of your time and energy on achieving them.


Aren't we all a-twitter these days about Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites? For many, it is simply unclear about why they should become involved let alone engaged.
The differences between social media and social networking are just about as vast as night and day. There are some key differences and knowing what they are can help you gain a better understanding on how to leverage them for your brand and business.


And finally, if you are wondering the best place to vacation **with** a teen, check out these hot spots.