No one likes a killjoy at the party and the party is in full swing on Wall Street today, with the Dow up 200 points before lunch and the S&P…
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An owner-occupied home is the biggest single financial mistake that most Americans make. If houses were sold on the stock market, the SEC would shut down the trading. If mortgage…
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Americans still aren’t saving enough and are carrying too much credit card debt. Yet the Great Recession, still less than a decade in our past, made permanent changes in our…
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It’s probably the question I field more than any other. There are people who want to get started investing but don’t know if they have enough money. That’s a tough…
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Black swans get kind of a raw deal based solely on the color of their feathers. No one really wants them around and, at one point, no one was sure…
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“$YOLO hoping for a gap up today!” one breathless day trader posted on Reddit. YOLO is an acronym for You Only Live Once and it’s the modern battle cry of…
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Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt when it comes to finances and it’s one of the biggest factors when it comes to debt. Human beings lie, it’s one of…
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Getting wealthy and losing weight are very similar in many ways. Both require understanding the basic math of the various processes, both require sacrifice and both require you to develop…
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If you’ve ever heard the investing phrase “sell in May and go away” you may get a reminder of why that phrase is significant this year. Stocks and the U.S.…
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Despite a weak first quarter, the economy is still doing pretty well. The jobs picture is looking good, meager pay raises are being scratched out by working class Americans and…