Thanks to a bit of federal legislation passed in 2001, self-employed people now have a powerful tool for sheltering savings - a lot of savings - from the tax collector. ... Read More

Are you looking for a way to shelter retirement money tax-free, for life? For those who are lucky enough to have one, the Roth 401k provides an avenue to do ... Read More

First introduced to the world by J.P. Morgan's firm in 1927, American Depositary Receipts, known as ADRs for short, are an inexpensive way for American investors to acquire shares of ... Read More

Inflation, a term used to describe the erosion of value in purchasing power for a nation’s currency, is one of the greatest threats and dangers to your wealth and standard ... Read More

Warren Buffett has often discussed the importance of the trade, budget, and current account deficits (or surpluses) on the overall economy of the United States, or any nation for that ... Read More

One of the newest inventions on Wall Street, exchange traded funds - or ETFs as they are often called for short - allow investors to buy shares of a basket ... Read More

If you find that you need a loan to meet immediate needs, you may be tempted to borrow money from your 401k retirement plan. After all, it's your money, and ... Read More

Bond duration is one of the single most important metrics that any investor with a fixed income portfolio should know and live by at all times. If you build ... Read More

Have you ever wondered the difference between the Gross Domestic Product or GDP and the Gross National Product or GNP? As a new investor, you might wonder what they ... Read More

If you're self-employed or own a small business, you can set up a retirement plan for yourself and your employees quickly, inexpensively and without a big administrative hassle through a ... Read More

For people who are saving money for education, the Coverdell education savings account option continues to plug along despite the popularity of its cousin, the so-called 529 plan, and with ... Read More

As an employee and an investor, you'll probably come across options at one point or another. Employees may be granted employee stock options as a form of compensation, and investors ... Read More

For the past 30 years, the price of sending a child to college has risen faster than the rate of inflation. The average undergraduate at a four-year private college paid ... Read More