What caused the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia that killed 7 people will likely turn out to be an engineer going 106 mph on a curve rated for 50 mph. No …
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Normally you don’t have to tell people they’re living on the edge of financial disaster; most already know and are trying desperately not to think about it. The reason those …
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Truisms are stories we tell one another so often that we start to believe they’re true, even though they don’t stand up to even the most elementary testing. By way …
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It’s a given that no one wants to think of themselves as average. This desire to be better than average manifests itself in strange ways. One area it shows up …
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Like with many things in life the Pentagon’s latest taxpayer-funded boondoggle started off with the best of intentions. At the heart of the scandal is the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, …
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It’s interesting to watch the investment world because, over time, you start to notice that it has fashion trends, just like the clothing industry. Hemlines go up, hemlines go down, …
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I’m sure everyone has heard the old truism that money can’t buy happiness. The problem with that statement is that scientific experiments have shown, again and again, that higher incomes …
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It’s almost tax time again and most people who haven’t filed already are in the midst of organizing their receipts and sorting through W2s and 1099s. For far too many …
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The landscape of things that intrude on your life has quietly changed over the last 30 years. Since the 1980s the focus has been on government intrusion but there are …
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Predicting the future is always a risky enterprise because the future has a way of making fools of us all. That’s particularly true when it comes to investing. If we …