Investors have their own language. Bears and bulls aren’t animals in the stock market; they’re people. Splits have nothing to do with gymnastics or ice cream, and resistance is not a physical force. When you decide to start investing, it’s…
Author and speaker John C. Maxwell put it rather succinctly: “If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.” Not everyone dreams of building wealth. But if you do,…
Imagine someone offered you Fridays off for the rest of your life. How much would you be willing to pay to work only Monday through Thursday? Put another way, what is an hour of your time worth? Whatever you answer,…
It’s a wonderful day: the first time you realize you actually have some money in the bank. But it comes with a new question you’ve never had to answer before: “How should you use $1,000?“ Unfortunately, many people never take…
What would you guess is the minimum income a single parent needs to get by in the U.S.? Using 2020 data from MIT’s Living Wage Calculator, it’s possible to tally up this amount for each state. The results are sobering. In…
There’s a lot of hype around millennials, especially when it comes to money. Are they richer or poorer than previous generations were? Strapped with more debt? Better or worse educated? Obviously, you have to be careful when slinging around generalizations…
It’s all too easy to get stuck in a rut in your career. The average worker’s salary plateaus and then starts declining, and earlier than you’d think. According to the Federal Reserve, income growth virtually grinds to a halt by…
Are you worried about a recession wreaking havoc on your portfolio? No company or sector is completely immune to recessions, yet some do far better than others during periods of upheaval. If the specter of an upcoming recession spooks you,…
They say everything in life is negotiable. That may not technically be true, as anyone who’s ever tried to argue with the DMV knows. But you might be amazed by just how many things are negotiable. Sure, you know you can…
Nervous about bear markets, crashes, and corrections? Equities offer outstanding returns in the long term, but their volatility can be terrifying in the short term, especially for new investors. Fortunately, investors have plenty of options to reduce risk in their…
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