Money

Since ancient times, silver has been used to make tools and a wide range of other goods. And you can be sure that its use in modern industry will not…

Millennials, the generation born between 1980 and the mid-1990s, are not getting a fair deal economically and they’re mad as hell. Interestingly, the problem is not limited to the United…

Early in the morning of January 23, 1909, Captain Inman Sealby paced in the wheelhouse of the RMS Republic, a 570 foot, 15,400 ton steamer out of New York bound…

If you were going to design a bad investment, a mortgage on an owner-occupied home is very much what it would look like. There’s a high barrier to entry in…

Life insurance is a poignant option for many people, not only to ensure that they leave something behind for their family, but also to help deal with any debt and…

If you put any money aside for the future, congratulations. That single act of fiscal responsibility puts you light years ahead of nearly half the country. If you do that…

Everyone approaches their personal finances with the best of intentions. In some ways, it’s like going to the gym. The drive to get healthy and the drive to become financially…

You didn’t have to be a mystic to see this market crash coming. Back in August of 2015, I gave our readers tips on how to prepare for the coming…

In most cases, what people call personal finance “facts” are not really facts at all. They’re often opinions based on assumptions or incorrect information. It’s really no wonder that there…

One in four. That’s how many Americans are one accident, one illness or one bit of financial bad luck away from disaster. That bad news comes in spite of an…