This is an interesting article on MSN money about the policies put in place by Alan Greenspan and questioning they helped you or hurt you and how it will affect your future.
I was a very young during most of Greenspan’s tenure, so maybe some of you out there can expound a little more [...]

No, I’m not talking about timing the market. I think trying to time the market is silly, and you’ll only lose valuable days of trading if you try to time the market. What I’m talking about is being on time with your bill payments.
Motley Fool has an interesting article about punctuality [...]

Is there anyone that doesn’t want to make more moneyw this year? I didn’t think so. I made $9,000 more income in 2007 than I did in 2006. This was due to a job promotion and income from a side business with very little expenses. I will propose five ways to [...]

If you could start any small business without worrying about start-up costs, what would you start?
If you’ve got some completely innovative idea, then don’t post it here, I wouldn’t want to be responsible for someone stealing your idea.
For me, I’d love to start an upscale sports bar with an enormous array of beers [...]

Steve Jobs introduced the Macbook Air and Online Movie Rentals today, trying to continue their dominance in the “ooohhh” and “ahhhhh” field. I have to give it to Steve Jobs. He has been the godfather of making tech stuff look cool and be the desire of tech-geeks in Seattle and San Francisco, but [...]

Once you are ready to start investing your hard-earned money and let your money start doing some work for you, you’ll need to figure out your level of risk tolerance. We are all unique in many different ways, and the level of risk we are willing to take varies from each individual. Some [...]

It’s the new year, and one of your goals for this new year may have been to open a retirement account. Whether you are 18, 38, 58, or 68, I would encourage you to open an IRA tomorrow, and begin contributing to it regularly. The biggest misconception about saving for retirement is that [...]

The answer depends on what type of investor you are, and what kind of investing you want to do. I listen to a lot of talk radio, and all I hear are commercials from talk show hosts endorsing gold as an investment. Do any of these talk show hosts really do any research [...]

Today, Bank of America announced that it would buy mortgage lender, Countrywide, for $4.1 billion in stock.
For some reason, I thought the largest sub-prime lender in the country would be worth more than this, but maybe this is just enough to make Bank of America the majority stakeholder in the company. Bank [...]

I signed up for tax tips from J.K. Lasser, and they sent me these tips on expenses that can and cannot be deducted for investors. See how many of these you already knew about and which ones you never knew you could deduct on your taxes:

Expenses You Can Deduct
Legal fees: If you [...]