Category: Investing
Last Monday morning, I was feeling absolutely sick to my stomach. The Dow had just opened the day 1,000 points below where it had closed the previous Friday. And …
I must confess – I’ve dumped on millennials quite a bit. First, I made fun of them for boomeranging back to their parent’s basements. Say hi to the “rents” …
Last week we talked about decent advice in much too small doses from mainstream personal finance gurus. This week, we have a slightly different animal – horribly misguiding advice …
A while back, I was in a job interview for a different role at my present employer. The interviewer, who knew of my personal finance writing background, concluded his …
The reputation of passive investing through index funds and their ETF counterparts has been pristine in recent years. In 2014, only 10% of active stock funds that focus on …
In case you missed the big (yet under-the-radar) investing world news, Vanguard announced they are increasing its international equity allocation in their Vanguard Target Retirement Fund and Vanguard LifeStrategy …
A while back, I wrote a well-received post on why it is so important to leverage the power of compound investment returns on your savings. Here’s what I calculated, …
According to a Bankrate survey, 63% of millennials do not have a credit card, opting for debit cards or cash instead. This compares to 35% of adults over age …