Personal Finance

Can You Beat the Market?

“FreedomFest is where the best ideas and strategies are fleshed out. I attend all three days.” -- Steve...

Are Precious Metals a Good Inflation Hedge?

“Gold isn’t such a hot inflation hedge.” -- Alexander Green My friend Alex Green, investment director of the...

Are the Golden Days Over?

Gold is down 25% from its highs ($1,900 in late 2011), and investor sentiment is negative.

Making Money Alert: The Importance of Positivity

When your profession requires you to watch a lot of news, as mine does, you tend to be...

Making Money Alert: Are Mutual Funds Lumbering Dinosaurs?

I love Sunday mornings, as I get to get enjoy a little extra sleep followed by a leisurely...

PowerTrend Brief: Odds Are High You Will Fall Short in Your Retirement

I scour a number of magazines, newspapers, financial filings, trade publications and, of course, the web each week...

PowerTrend Brief: Knowing What and When to Sell Amid New Stock Market Highs

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at record highs and the S&P 500 not far away from setting...

No. 1 Mistake by the Media

The media reported last week that real income for Americans fell sharply, largely due to the tax increase...

The Global Guru: So Where Are the World’s Wealthy Putting Their Money Today?

As Ernest Hemingway famously wrote in The Snows of Kilimanjaro: "The rich are different from you and me....

Making Money Alert: Where to Next for Stocks?

The markets continue to trade painfully higher. I say painfully, because I can’t remember a time when so...