"If you founded a hedge fund, when you sold it you were treated worsethan if you owned a peep-show business, " said John Raffaelli, a Democratic fund-raiser and lobbyist for the hedge-fund industry.
Did you know, that if you're going 100 mph, directly at a very, very thick, reinforced concrete wall, and you speed up, so you're accelerating right when you hit the wall that the accident you have is going to be much worsethan if you'd jammed on the brakes as soon as you saw the wall at the end of the street?
Travelers checks remain a useful option, but the places you'll exchange the checks overseas offer rates 5% or more worsethan what you'll receive using credit cards, so your best bet is to stick with plastic, says Lucy Lazarony of Bankrate.com, an Internet personal finance Web site.