Money

Despite its flaws, America is still the greatest entrepreneurial market in the world. You wouldn’t know it listening to the perpetual gloom, doom and petty whining of popular media, but…

Greed, arrogance, fear and paranoia sound more like the staples of a soap opera plot but they are, in fact, the basic drivers of investment markets. We all like to…

It’s hard to believe but identity theft has been a federal crime since the late ’90s. Slowly but surely we’re actually getting better at both preventing identity theft and dealing…

Warren Buffett has blessed us with a succinct, if not a smug, little guideline for investing: “the first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget…

There’s nothing rational about the stock market; if markets were rational the financial entertainment industry would be out of business almost overnight. The fact is markets are wildly irrational because…

Every third person you pass on the street is being hounded by debt collectors. Except in Dallas, where close to half are not answering the phone. That’s the finding of…

One of the first questions an investment broker will ask you is about your financial goals. I always had a hard time with that question because mine weren’t that specific.…

Everyone needs an intervention at some point and it’s not always for something big. We all fall into habits that, one day, outlive their usefulness. That tends to be particularly…

 Of course you know the stock market will eventually correct – don’t you? You certainly didn’t think it would continue to go straight up – or did you? The very…

Add new housing starts to the list of things indicating a recession may be looming. The Commerce Department released data today indicating sales of new single-family homes are down 4.9%…