It's that time of year again. If you have brokerage accounts, mutual funds, or other investments, you've no doubt started to receive statements from your financial institutions detailing your ... Read More

This is one of the best tricks I've used throughout my career that has allowed me to beat the market. After you've chosen a benchmark, such as the S&P ... Read More

Once you've selected an investment you want to buy, how you buy it can have very real implications for your results. For those of you who don't know the ... Read More

Created by Barclay’s Global Investors, iShares are exchange traded funds (ETFs) that combine the best features of stocks and mutual funds. iShares allows individual and corporate investors to begin an ... Read More

Several months ago, I wrote an article entitled Why Wal-Mart is Good for America (and Maybe Your Portfolio). The feedback was tremendous from both sides; some thanked me for ... Read More

Whether it's work, children, aging parents, health issues, getting your education, buying a home, or any other of the thousands of things that can take up your time and energy, ... Read More

Money managers, economists, and investment analysts often attempt to estimate the future impact of inflation. One trick often used by these professionals is to examine the spread between the ... Read More

According to the Associated Press, the House of Representatives has passed a bill by a 264-163 vote that rolls back billions of dollars in subsidies to the oil companies and ... Read More

A friend and I were sitting around talking about the implications for video sharing sites such as YouTube, Google Video, and others. Many of us probably think of these ... Read More

The Financial Times reported that in 2006, a record - literally hundreds of billions of dollars - of equities were de-listed from world wide stock exchanges as a result of ... Read More

Long-time readers of the site may be familiar with our concept of "The Complete Portfolio" - a total wealth system that addresses your needs for emergency cash, future retirement needs, ... Read More

Manager of the famed Vanguard Windsor Fund from 1964 to 1995, John Neff generated a compound annual growth rate for his investors of 14.8%, turning a $10,000 initial investment into ... Read More

Want to think about starting your own investment program but you don't have a clue where to start? Check out Investment Research 101 for basic definitions of important sources ... Read More

Have questions about the treatment of capital gains taxes based upon the length of time your investments were held? Don't worry; check out this handy reference for some help ... Read More

According to The Financial Times, worldwide equity markets had their best year since 2003. Citing tremendous amounts of liquidity, a healthy appetite for risk, and rising corporate profits as ... Read More