Like death and taxes, some fees are unavoidable. After all, those highly-paid fund managers have to make a living, as does every customer service rep and call center employee —…
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For a long time I thought my personal investing skills were excellent. I pored over analytics, and kept on top of the news from world markets. All the while there…
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If Bitcoin were an adolescent human being it would find itself in therapy, for life. In the space of a month it’s been ridiculed by the likes of Goldman Sachs,…
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The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. — Katherine Whitehorn CBS News’s MoneyWatch announced a new report issued by Merrill Lynch, in collaboration…
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I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. — Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is widely regarded as the world’s best…
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Bitcoin, the digital currency wave of the future, has experienced a tumultuous week that saw a major exchange disappear, and Bitcoin prices crash on world markets and then bounce back…
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The problem with ignoring Chicken Little is that, on a long enough timeline, at some point the little guy will be right. When it comes to the stock market, the…
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Gold and silver prices reached a three month high Friday, amid widespread concern for the state of the economic recovery. Gold for April delivery hit $1,317.60 an ounce on the…
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If you thought that The Same Old Song was just a sixties tune recorded by the Four Tops, you didn’t attend yesterday’s session of The House Committee of Financial Services…
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In the years prior to the housing crash, builders were getting silly with the size of houses. Even in relatively modest neighborhoods, it was not unusual to find homes that…