Personal Finance

It seems like your 40s catch up to you unfairly fast. The realization usually dawns about six months before your 40th birthday. You’ll pause one day and realize that you’re…

Most people don’t need someone to remind them they’re living on the financial edge. Somewhere, in the back of their minds, they already know. They know they should be saving,…

If you ever watched the TV show COPS, then you noticed the bizarre number of times that people talked themselves into getting arrested. When the cops tell you that you…

Traditional economic theory suggests that investors are rational decision-makers and, therefore, markets are rational. Anyone who still believes that is doing so in the face of mounting evidence, both in…

Bad financial advice comes from a lot of sources, most of which are trying to sell you something. Most of the time that advice is coming from well known names…

If you’re in your 20s or 30s, forget about saving for retirement. I don’t mean forget about saving and investing, I mean change your saving goals from “retirement” which is…

Human senses and our thinking processes have been honed by millions of years of evolution and an ingrained will to survive. Our body’s thinking machine is immersed in a chemical…

I’m always surprised by how much resistance there is to the idea of running your own business. Interestingly, the arguments are very similar to the reasons people give for not…

It’s no fun to be the voice of caution and reason when the party really gets rolling. Nobody likes that person in life, regardless of the context. So, with the…

If you strive to be rich you’ll almost certainly fail. That’s not to say you won’t make a lot of money. If you have the drive and determination, you can…