A safe, sound retirement investment plan is made up of a lot of building blocks, literally thousands of investments at a time. But it can be broken down into three … Read more →

It has become standard fare for filling up the hours and hours of cable TV airtime: Speculation piled upon speculation. Will the euro rise or fall? Is gold safe or … Read more →

Do you save enough? Congratulations, no need to read the rest of this article. Okay, for the 99.99% of you still reading, take heart. Saving is one of those things … Read more →

What are we afraid of? Mostly, the unknown. Meeting new people, the dark, unexpected personal disasters. Once we get to know and understand something, often we learn to put that … Read more →

If you engage a financial planner in a conversation about investing, it’s likely that you will hear him or her talk about the “prudent-man rule.” Sometimes called the “prudent-person” rule, the … Read more →

Saving for retirement is above all a mental game. After all, that’s what people like about good old-fashioned pension plans — no muss, no fuss, things just work. It’s also why we … Read more →

A major drag on investment returns is fees, the costs you pay for investment help in various forms. Some of them you probably know about, but some are much less … Read more →

A lot of investors focus on the price of a stock they might buy, and reasonably so. They hope to buy while the stock is cheap and sell it after … Read more →

Saving for retirement is hard, but we all know that it’s those first steps that matter most. Setting aside $100 a week, then $200, aiming for a quarterly goal, then … Read more →

A new study coming out from the Journal of Consumer Research makes the case that rude salespeople are better at moving luxury goods. Which makes a twisted kind of sense. After all, if you … Read more →