investing

There’s a difference between being rich and financially free. Too many people confuse the two and that leads to disappointment and unhappiness. I happen to know some of the richest …

2016 came in like a bear; an alien bear from outer space with huge teeth and claws that destroyed everything in its path for the first 60 days of the …

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 …

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 …

One of the biggest myths in modern finance is that your home is an investment. Nothing could be further from the truth yet, every single day, Americans stretch to buy …

It comes as a sudden realization a week before payday and, sometimes, a text or email from the bank or the hideous embarrassment of having your debit card declined in …

If making money was easy, everyone would be rich. The fact that the majority of people in the United States are poor tells you something about investing. It also tells …

For most of us, our view of housing is rooted in the 1950s, as are our views of working and retirement. The 50s shaped so much of our thinking that …

The view of housing most people carry around with them has its roots in the 1950s. In those days housing was frequently collocated with jobs and factories that no longer …