Shakespeare was right:”Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend,” But can you keep both your money and your friends? Being prepared helps.
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It seems perfectly rational: Surely the candidate you back will be good for markets—and vice versa. Yet it turns out basing investing decisions on politics is trouncing your bottom line.
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If you hated math in school, you may feel numbers are your sworn enemy. But what if they’re the key to your financial freedom?
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It seems like your 40s catch up to you unfairly fast. The realization usually dawns about six months before your 40th birthday. You’ll pause one day and realize that you’re…
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Most people don’t need someone to remind them they’re living on the financial edge. Somewhere, in the back of their minds, they already know. They know they should be saving,…
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Traditional economic theory suggests that investors are rational decision-makers and, therefore, markets are rational. Anyone who still believes that is doing so in the face of mounting evidence, both in…
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If you’re in your 20s or 30s, forget about saving for retirement. I don’t mean forget about saving and investing, I mean change your saving goals from “retirement” which is…
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It’s summer when millions of young people will be graduating from college and, in the eyes of older adults, they will be joining the “real world,” whatever that is. Just…
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For the most part, Americans are in poor financial shape. Even when people have money, many don’t know how to track or invest it. That makes them easy pickings for…
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A wedding is rarely a joyous occasion. More often it’s stressful, expensive and an ongoing parade of complaints from pushy family members. The only real joyous weddings are the ones…