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If making money was easy, everyone would be rich. The fact that the majority of people in the United States are poor tells you something about investing. It also tells …

Sometimes there’s no way to put a happy spin on the economic news and this is one of those times. The Royal Bank of Scotland issued this simple assessment of …

Yes, the double digit stock market increase gravy train is over, probably for a long time. What we’ll see instead are years of returns that are normal to slightly below …

There are a lot of factors that feed into wealth and poverty. There’s an unfortunate tendency to look upon poor people and think that they are poor because they’re lazy …

Investing in solid companies that pay dividends has traditionally been touted as an excellent strategy for investors looking to build wealth over time. The thinking here is that the lucky …

RUSH TO JUDGMENT: Everyone by now knows what happened in Florence, Missouri last week. It’s just that opinions differ depending on whom you ask, and everything is based on hearsay. …

The last time I said something good about the economy one of my readers called me delusional. Fortunately I didn’t let that opinion change my investment strategy and it paid …

Iraq. The Ukraine. Syria. Gaza. You name the hot spot. No matter how you slice it, the world’s in a bit of a mess, isn’t it? Right now we’re witnessing …

She’s on. She’s off. She’s on again. Maybe. Maybe not. She’s tired. She’s rich – she no longer cares. Who knows? Since her retirement as President Obama’s Secretary of State …

George Orwell noted in his classic novel “1984” that “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” Orwell’s nightmarish analysis may about …