Earnings Season Expectations: It’s Silly Time

Earnings season expectations are always stressful — for companies, investors, analysts and the media. A lot of ink is spilled in the days and hours before a big, blue-chip firm … Read more

Posted on October 5, 2012 by
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Low Stress Investing: Get More, and Relax

Here’s a low stress investing test: How often do you check your investments? Daily, weekly, every few months? Nonstop? (Admit it…) Investing in the markets can be unnerving, the urge to … Read more

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

How the Rich Get Richer and You Can, Too

We all know, innately, how the rich get richer. Money begets money. But how does that actually happen, aside from compounding interest and purely financial factors? You could take the … Read more

Posted on September 28, 2012 by
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How Wealthy People Invest With Less Risk

What’s the difference between how you invest and how wealthy people invest? Most wealthy people invest quite carefully (after all, they have more to lose!) and they rely on tested, … Read more

Posted on September 7, 2012 by
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How Rich People Stay Rich: A Primer

How rich people stay rich can seem mysterious. Sure, they get rich a number of ways: Some build companies and work hard. Some inherit. Still others happen into the right … Read more

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

How Millionaires Invest Their Money (1, 2, 3)

There’s a lot of research out there about how millionaires invest their money. Stacks of books and whitepapers. Here, in the simplest form, are three fundamental thoughts about how millionaires … Read more

Posted on September 4, 2012 by
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Safe Investing for Retirement Begins Here

Entrepreneurs matter, a lot. They drive the economy forward. They create jobs. They innovate and fuel the progress of our economy and our culture. What they’re not so good at, … Read more

Posted on August 31, 2012 by
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Portfolio Management Software vs. Your Brain

Millions of people file their taxes on websites without a blink. Yet few think that they need portfolio management software to tell them what to buy and sell in their … Read more

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

Investors Should Ignore Knight Madness

Another day, another fat-fingered mess on the trading floors of Wall Street. Meanwhile, stock-holding-period madness reigns, due largely to robot-driven trades . Who’s driving this crazy train? Consider some of the recent … Read more

Posted on August 10, 2012 by
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401k Loan Default Time Bomb Is Ticking

One of the overlooked effects of the credit crisis has been the lengths to which otherwise prudent people were pushed to keep their heads above water. Unsurprisingly, a potentially huge … Read more

Posted on July 25, 2012 by