http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Trevor+Shipp Society Trevor Shipp Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=326960&ca=Society The other day while driving home from work, a smile crept across my face as I admired $1.67 a gallon at a local gas station. In the midst of a gloomy economy, at least we can be grateful for a low price at the pump! Rather than costing me over $40 to fill up my little Civic, I found myself topping o... Finances Trevor Shipp Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=320155&ca=Finances Most countries, including the United states, have what's called a fractional reserve system; in other words, only a fraction of all checkable deposits (basically all the money a bank owes people) is found inside the bank's vault. So if a bank carried 500 million dollars in money deposited by its mem... Finances Trevor Shipp Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=304252&ca=Finances There has been a lot of debate over the years as to whether or not gold is worth investing your money in. Some make the claim that it makes an excellent hedge against inflation; others might say that you can use it as a quick fix for some extra cash. And then there are some that invest in it when th...