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...