Black swans get kind of a raw deal based solely on the color of their feathers. No one really wants them around and, at one point, no one was sure…
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The market gives and market takes away, overall 2016 has been okay but not spectacular. It’s worked out for me because I shifted a bunch of money into an S&P…
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Anywhere you find financial reporting, you’ll find conventional investment wisdom on display. Whether it’s online or on cable television, it’s never far from our eyes and there are many people…
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“$YOLO hoping for a gap up today!” one breathless day trader posted on Reddit. YOLO is an acronym for You Only Live Once and it’s the modern battle cry of…
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As a beginner, there are probably a plenitude of questions on your mind regarding investing in gold – why is it wise to invest in gold? Why type of gold…
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Getting wealthy and losing weight are very similar in many ways. Both require understanding the basic math of the various processes, both require sacrifice and both require you to develop…
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If you’ve ever heard the investing phrase “sell in May and go away” you may get a reminder of why that phrase is significant this year. Stocks and the U.S.…
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Despite a weak first quarter, the economy is still doing pretty well. The jobs picture is looking good, meager pay raises are being scratched out by working class Americans and…
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You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Reddit, a website that advertises itself as the front page of the internet. Trying to define Reddit is sort of like…
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It wasn’t that many years ago that, if you were a middle class American, you could look forward to a pretty comfortable retirement. Years ago you’d have a pension supplemented…