Fossil Fuel Is Dead
Let’s discuss: Investors with a time horizon of more than 5 years should avoid fossil fuel-related companies, mutual funds, and ETFs.
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Why the Trump Bump?
The S&P 500 is up 5.8% since U.S. Election Day. Do investors love Trump so much, or might the reasons for the stock price run-up be a bit more complex?
read moreBuilding a Better Portfolio
Suggestions here from Joseph Hogue, CFA, on how to build a better investment portfolio—crucial to a secure retirement!
read moreOur Dividend Portfolio
Revealed for the first time: Ms. Money Counselor’s and my dividend-paying stock portfolio! Yes, we do own stocks!
read morePlease Ignore!
What’s the worst sort of advice? “Standard” advice. Here are 3 pieces of standard financial advice best ignored.
read moreStocks: Too Risky for Retireme...
For the third time just since 2000, markets are again illustrating why the standard “expert” advice to retirees to invest the lion’s share of their portfolios in stocks is, for most of these small investor retirees, not only wrong but inexcusably irresponsible.
read moreIt’s Not About the Latte
Do these 5 crucial steps to build your nest egg and drink all the lattes you want.
read moreAugust 24 ETF Calamity
If you own ETFs, for your own protection you must understand what August 24th’s price crash revealed about the risks of these investments.
read moreLatest Stock Meltdown(s!)
Feeling panicky about your stock investments? Maybe that’s because you have good reason.
read moreNASDAQ 5000 Hoopla
As Wall Street prepares to celebrate the NASDAQ’s imminent recovery—after 15 years—to its all time high, the carnage of the index’s 78% crash is forgotten and ignored.
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