I know, I know…never is a strong word. But I want to take a moment to make the case that there are, in fact, at least five ways that people … Read more →

Ask 10 people what it means to be rich, and you’ll get 10 very different answers. Some will say that rich means no worry, although of course rich people worry … Read more →

Morgan Housel at The Motley Fool recently published a list entitled 100 Startling Facts About the Economy. It’s a fun piece, although it reads like a reporter’s crib-list of possible story … Read more →

If you haven’t read the book “The Millionaire Next Door,” put it on your list. It’s one of many self-help books about retirement investing but among the few that might … Read more →

The investing rules of saving for retirement has many parallels to healthy eating. Mind you, not “dieting,” which too often is just temporarily eating less of the same bad foods. No, … Read more →

Over the years at MarketRiders, we learned that not everyone was a do-it-yourself investor.  Many wanted us to manage their accounts using the MarketRiders method of investing. So we started … Read more →

One of the more alarming retirement statistics you’re likely to read these days is just how unready Americans are to actually retire. I’ll pick just one as an example: The … Read more →

It’s sometimes hard to impress upon people the impact of fund fees. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, however, I saw the perfect example sitting about halfway through the piece. The article isn’t … Read more →

Modern investing owes a lot to behavioral finance research, the scientific study of how we make choices, particularly about money. Nevertheless, and with apologies to baseball great Casey Stengel, investing … Read more →

We’re just a few days away from the end of 2012. Mayan calendars notwithstanding, most of us will see a happy and healthy 2013 and, statistically speaking, plenty of years … Read more →