Investors are shrugging off the suggestion that stocks are over-valued or that the technology innovators are a one-way path to riches if the year-to-date performance of Tesla Motors (TSLA) and...
The question of whether to buy or rent a home is of enormous economic significance for most families. Home equity represents the vast majority of American families’ net worth (see chart below). In...
In the financial advisory business, one of the most pressing and controversial topics is how much money people need to save during their working years in order to provide for long-term retirement...
Income inequality is increasingly acknowledged as a key economic issue for the world. The topic is a major theme at Davos this year. Economic inequality is also an increasingly common topic in...
One of the least-understood aspects of investing among individual investors is the total costs associated with building and maintaining a portfolio. In comparison to the huge rises and falls that...
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled How You Can Survive a New Era in the Bond Market. The article suggests that investors adjust their bond allocations to tilt more...
Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist, remains best-known for his work on the creation of Netscape, one of the earliest and best web browsers. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal,...
The latest inflation numbers are out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and they show that consumer prices barely increased over the past twelve months. The most commonly-cited measure of...
One of the stories that seems to be dominating the news in recent months is the plight of low-paid workers in the service industry. Most recently, a story about Wal-Mart workers organizing a food...
Ben Bernanke, in a speech on November 19th, made it very clear that the Fed is likely to hold interest rates low for an extended period of time. This comes on the heels of similar comments by his...