Saving For Retirement In Your 20s

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Saving For Retirement Yet? Savings, investing, and retirement are very related, yet the topic of retirement planning gets pushed off to the side. We fear dealing with the unknown, or we are neglectful. Instead, planning early and often for retirement … Read More

10 Best Brokerage Accounts To Consider When Investing

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When you are ready to start investing your money, choosing the right brokerage account is the key to reaching your financial goals and building the right foundation. Fortunately, you have plenty of options to consider when you are looking for … Read More

A Letter To Young Investors On This Market Frenzy

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Dear Young  Investors, This stock market has been fascinating, exciting, and mesmerizing, but I fear a trainwreck is coming. When GameStop’s stock value rises to $34 billion from nearly $279 million a year ago, and its fundamentals are still weak, … Read More

5 Best Performing Stocks And What To Do Now

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2020 was a weird year for the world economy. Even more surprising has been the impact of the economic fallout on the stock market. It was a year when expensive stocks grew even more costly. Given the high unemployment rate … Read More

How To Make Better Money Trade-offs

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“There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.” Thomas Sowell There are money tradeoffs in most aspects of our lives. We have many choices and cannot do everything we want to do. For every choice we make, opportunity costs require … Read More

How to Overcome Biases In Financial Situations

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We all have biases–cognitive and emotional– that may cloud our judgment when making day-to-day decisions, especially about our finances. We often depend on our intuition, but sometimes we are unaware of how our gut feeling may be faulty.  These biases … Read More

How To Talk To Your Kids About Money

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“Poor or rich, money is good to have.” Leah Eliash Kaufman, my grandmother   Talking about money is often a taboo subject, especially among family members. However, it is important to be able to know how to talk to your … Read More

Working On The Street: Wall Street Jargon Explained

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I worked on the street. It’s true! For years, I told my college students and colleagues what I had done for a living before I taught business courses. They would exclaim, “Wow! I never knew anyone who did that!” or … Read More

The Most Expensive Stock – Is It Worth The Money?

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Today we’re going to discuss the most expensive stock on the stock market. But we’ll also cover the rest of the top five most expensive stocks. And we’ll ask the question, “In a market full of various metrics, how should … Read More