Category: Investing

A few years ago, I moved a Traditional and Roth IRA account from ETrade to Ally Invest (formerly known as “TradeKing” at the time, prior to being acquired by …

Is your money really safe in an investment account? I’ve previously wondered about that. Any astute person would. Giving thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars to an …

Buried deep (on page 35) in a previous Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter was a Warren Buffett gem, “It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what …

After many years of data collection, passively managed index funds have outperformed their actively managed mutual fund counterparts. A large part of that is the significantly lower fees they …

Occasionally a story of corporate abuse of customers, employees, the environment, or taxpayers comes along that is so disgusting, it can’t be ignored. The Mylan EpiPen, Volkswagen Dieselgate, and …

Every so often someone will ask me what I would recommend they invest in. There’s a lot of ways this question is phrased, and it’s not always so direct. …

I often get asked where I’d recommend others invest their assets for the best returns, with the least amount of risk (of course). “Low-risk, high-returns!” has a certain ring …

In response to my active vs. passive investment fund performance post, a reader, Heidi, wrote in with a question, How do I know if my vanguard funds are “passive”? …