I have a friend named Tom who was fortunate enough to obtain a great-paying job out of college. He worked for a few years, saved some money with the employer’s retirement plan and slowly started climbing the corporate ladder. Tom lived in a one-bedroom… Read More

I sheepishly raised my hand to ask the real estate guru a simple question during a “no money... Read More

I sheepishly raised my hand to ask the real estate guru a simple question during a “no money down”-type investment seminar in Florida back in the 1990s. “What happens when... Read More

The land of the rising sun’s economic fortunes are turning around. Prime Minister Shinzo... Read More

The land of the rising sun’s economic fortunes are turning around. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive monetary policies, known as “Abenomics,” are starting to work their... Read More

We have all experienced the guy at the party who is always talking about his stock-picking skills.... Read More

We have all experienced the guy at the party who is always talking about his stock-picking skills. He will brag to anyone who will listen how he bought one stock or another near the lows, making a... Read More

These are truly days of wine and roses for stock market investors.#-ad_banner-# After being knocked... Read More

These are truly days of wine and roses for stock market investors.#-ad_banner-# After being knocked down in the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and again during the financial crisis of 2008,... Read More

Many people have a false impression about the wealthy.#-ad_banner-# It’s often believed that... Read More

Many people have a false impression about the wealthy.#-ad_banner-# It’s often believed that the rich are somehow different than the rest of us. The media places them on a pedestal as fortunate... Read More

In his book “Telecosm,” author George Gilder called this financial titan “the key... Read More

In his book “Telecosm,” author George Gilder called this financial titan “the key source of organizational changes that have impelled economic growth over the last 20 years.”... Read More

Many investors are surprised to learn that a large percentage of the stock market gains over the... Read More

Many investors are surprised to learn that a large percentage of the stock market gains over the past several decades is due to dividends. While the United States is a hotbed of stocks offering... Read More

I’ll never forget attending my first investing seminar with my uncle and grandfather back in the late 1970s. It was hosted by Charles Givens, who wrote the book “Wealth Without Risk.” I was about 15 at the time… Read More

As you probably know, we are in the midst of one of the greatest bull markets of all time. Fueled by an unfettered fiscal-easing policy with central-bank assurances that pro-growth intervention will continue until the economy is back… Read More