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  Making the Most of Your Employer’s 401(k) and Other Retirement Plan Investment Offerings
Feb 4, 2013
How employer’s mutual fund selections (and your actions) affects performance
  Update: What are the Most Economically Free Countries in the World?
Jan 11, 2013
Can you make more money investing in them and how has the U.S.' ranking changed?
  Paying for College Without Going Broke, 2013 Edition
Dec 11, 2012
This updated edition of Kal Chany's book could easily save you thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.
  A Veteran Scam Artist Explains How he Conned so Many Folks
Oct 29, 2012
An inside look at the world of scammers and how to protect yourself (FREE)
  Startup Businesses: The Powerful Engine of New Job Creation
Sep 20, 2012
How have the number of startups and jobs in those companies changed and why?
  How to Make the Best Low-Risk, High-Return Investment of All
Sep 13, 2012
What really determines how long we live and how happy we are?
  Stress Reduction 101: Making Yourself a Better Investor and Happier Person
Aug 28, 2012
What methods and strategies work best at calming your nerves and staying balanced
  What's the Best Way to Establish, Prioritize and Accomplish Your Financial Goals?
May 18, 2012
A new study highlights what works and what doesn't and why
  Recessions, Currency Problems, Wars, Famines, Poverty, Disease, Peak Oil, Extreme Storms and Natural Disasters
Apr 4, 2012
Is the world getting worse and the time coming to divest from traditional global investments?
  When Wall Street Analysts Get Their Forecasts Wrong
Mar 23, 2012
A look at the accuracy of future forecasts if they widely miss the mark
  How to Get Fitter, Lose Weight and Get the Benefit of $1000 Per Shot Growth Hormone
Feb 24, 2012
A simple and powerful exercise program that trumps most weight loss schemes
  Update: An Economic Forecaster With a Solid Track Record Issues New Forecast
Feb 24, 2012
What he sees ahead for the American and global economies and what your options are for acting on his forecast
  What is the Political Bias of Media Outlets You Frequent?
Jan 19, 2012
What impact is media bias having on the American people and economy?
  What Characterizes the Top One Percent of Income Earners?
Dec 16, 2011
What is unusual about their demographics or background that could explain their high incomes?  (FREE)
  How Much Government Intervention is Now Necessary to Stave Off a Depression?
Nov 30, 2011
The impact of President Herbert Hoover's actions and their role in the Great Depression
  What are the Real Economic Problems in Europe?
Nov 16, 2011
Focus on government debt isn't the big issue holding the region's economies back
  New Poll Shows a Major Change in What Americans View as Best Long-Term Investment
Sep 12, 2011
What this change means for future investment returns of stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments

  Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?
Aug 25, 2011
Examining a recent research paper's concerns about aging boomers liquidating stocks for retirement
  What's So Great About America?
Jun 27, 2011
With high unemployment and large government deficits, are the U.S.' best days behind us?
  Economic Growth Bad for Stock Market Returns?
Apr 2, 2011
Jeremy Siegel's classic book Stocks for the Long Run offers up some surprising insights on how to boost your stock market returns.
  Sir John Templeton: Investing During a Crisis
Mar 31, 2011
A legendary value investor shows how to profit when others are panicking
  Balancing Your Work Schedule, Personal Time and Spending Habits
Feb 23, 2011
Insights from recent research and five useful books on the topic
  "Safety Net: The Strategy for De-Risking Your Investments in a Time of Turbulence"
Nov 30, 2010
Current advice from a 35+ year veteran writing about investing and the economy
  Treat Me, Not My Age: A Doctor's Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a Loved One Gets Older
Oct 12, 2010
Dr. Mark Lachs discusses many parallels between health and money issues and decisions.
  Can You Profit From Nassim Taleb's Black Swans?
Sep 2, 2010

Q: What do you think of the Black Swan theory? The book…advises us to put 90% of our portfolio in ultra-safe assets, and 10% in speculative/hedged investment that is supposed to profit handsomely when the market crashes...

 
  Are You Hoping to Someday Retire or Are You Nearing Retirement?
Aug 12, 2010
Even if you're not over 50 years of age, you'll benefit from this excerpt of the newly released Personal Finance for Seniors for Dummies
  Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption
Mar 8, 2010
Dr. Edward Hallowell, a leading mental health expert, provides tips for strengthening marriages
  Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future
Sep 18, 2009
A good credit score saves you big bucks when borrowing and getting insurance (and can help in other ways too)
  The Best Financial Books Are Well Worth the Price
Aug 4, 2009
The problem is in identifying and separating the best from the rest and publishers make that job difficult for lay people
  Flashback: My 1999 Warning About the Looming Tech Stock Bubble
Jul 28, 2009
An easy call to make but Jim Cramer said the opposite

 
  The Essential Principles for Sound Personal Financial Management
Jun 10, 2009
Inside perspectives from my work as a personal financial counselor as summarized in my best-selling book Personal Finance for Dummies
  Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Mar 28, 2009
What leads to extraordinary success? New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell, a former business and science writer for the Washington Post, claims to have the answers.  
  Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel, Part II
Feb 27, 2009
In this book summary, we examine Siegel's take on how to value stocks and how investors compare stocks and bonds as investment alternatives.
  One of the All-Time Best Investment Books
Jan 30, 2009
Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for The Long Run, now in its 4th edition, is one of the best investment books ever...
  Enough. True Measures of Money, Business and Life.
Dec 27, 2008
Vanguard Group founder John Bogle has a new book which reflects upon the investing world, the business world, and society at large. "Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought," says David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale University.