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Post contributed by Toni Jensen

My favorite BestChoiceTV.com episode would have to be “The Dr. Phil Family.” The Dr. Phil Family started out about five or more years ago and the episode was about a sixteen year old girl who got herself pregnant. She wanted to keep the baby, but her parents wanted her to give the baby up for adoption. The pregnant girls name is Alex, or Alexandria. She has one sister named Kristine. The two sisters do not get along. This Dr. Phil Family episode would air every Monday on the Dr. Phil show at 3pm central time on channel 12. I would never miss an episode; I really looked forward to watching this dysfunctional family. As the episodes continued, Alex did end up having a baby girl and she did not marry the father or finish school.

She and her parents were raising the baby, and Alex and the baby’s father eventually broke up. Alex got pregnant again. Needless to say her parents were very upset. Now they will have two babies in the home to raise. They again tried to talk Alexandria to give the baby up for adoption, but she would not even consider it. Alex again was not with this baby’s father and soon met another guy and got pregnant one more time. This time her parents suspected she was addicted to drugs and feared this new baby would be too. Well they were right. Alex’s new baby was born addicted to drugs. She now has lost custody of all her children and a new episode of “The Dr. Phil Family” will be starting next month. I am very excited to watch all the drama that goes on in this highly dysfunctional family.

This summer, we have decided to go on an extended summer vacation in Miami.  We plan on being in Miami for at least a month maybe even longer, like 2 months.  As such, one of my friends suggested that I actually buy a used car while I am out there and he proceeded to explain why this option would be more economical than renting a car for that duration.  And, after I saw the numbers, he was absolutely correct.

Now, that I have the living arrangements all done, it is time for me to look for Used Cars in Miami and have one available and ready for us when we arrive with the family.  We are leaning toward getting a Honda Accord because from all of the research we have done, the Accord seems to be the best in terms of its reliability, comfort and value.  The number of positive feedback for the Accord are very very high, so I know that if I do decide to sell the car back when our family vacation is done, I should have no trouble doing so.

The bottom line is that the amount of money I would spend every month as a monthly payment versus the amount of rental fees for that same amount of time will be much less. And, at the end of the day, I OWN the car.

The economy is getting better, so they say, but I still think you’re best bet is still to invest in gold. The prices of gold bullion have been going up and will continue to do so till the economy corrects itself, which in many expert’s opinions wont occur for another three to five years. As a safe investment you need to buy gold bullion and hold on to it.

Bullion is a commodity. As a matter of fact, it is the most prominent thing that the entire world’s economy is based upon. It has been that way from the beginning of civilization and continues to be. Money systems of nations are backed by gold and when things go bad, gold becomes the “gold standard”. I contacted my broker and asked him to buy bullion for me about 6 months ago. That has by far, been the best investment I have ever made.

In times of uncertainty such as these, you need to go back to the basics of investing and put your money into the proven investment vehicles. You can not afford to take chances with the hard earned money you have made, so gold is what you need to invest in.