There is a lot of good news in today’s economic numbers but you couldn’t tell by talking to the average person. According to a survey by the American Psychological Association,…
retirement planning
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    Anyone flying regularly knows that sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach when the fasten safety belt sign comes on and the captain informs us that we’re in for… 
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    One of the more frustrating aspects to investing is that there are many counter-intuitive forces at work in the economic world. One of those developments that’s hard for people to… 
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    The stock market simply can’t keep going up forever. On the surface that’s a statement we would all agree is true in the abstract but not terribly useful as investment… 
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    A truism is a widely held belief that may, or may not, have any real basis in fact. Some truisms are helpful and most of them are harmless. A few… 
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    For the past five years the stock market has been on a bull run that will go down in history as one of the easiest times to make money in… 
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    Words like “aging” or “graying” don’t even begin to do justice to the dynamic changes that baby boomers have brought to the U.S. population. The figures in a recent U.S.… 
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    How risky should the investments be in your portfolio? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask. If you asked Warren Buffett, he’d no doubt offer you his… 
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    The stupidest investment decision I ever made netted me twice my initial investment. Does this seem insane to you? Or perhaps ungrateful? Let me explain. Some years back, while working… 
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    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…