If you want to be successful in investing and accumulate enough money to live a comfortable retirement, sometimes it’s a good idea to take advice from those who have experience in the arena...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) last week decided to raise its target federal funds rate again, to between 1% and 1.25%.
The US territory of Puerto Rico declared bankruptcy in early May. The island’s government has more than $70 billion in debt that it cannot pay, along with $49 billion in unfunded pensions.
Last week Spanish bank Banco Popular was in danger of failing and was purchased by Banco Santander...
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey recently signed into law HB 2014, a bill to eliminate capital gains taxation on gold and silver coins...
Some investors are getting nervous that prices of gold, silver, Bitcoin, stocks, and bonds are all rising at the same time. That isn’t supposed to happen. Gold is supposed to do best when stocks and bonds aren’t, and vice versa...
Recent news reports have indicated that President Trump has filled two of the open positions on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. One of them, Randal Quarles, was formerly involved in the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, a.k.a. the Plunge Protection Team. The other, Marvin Goodfriend, is an enthusiastic advocate of negative interest rates. If these picks for...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent Consumer Expenditure Survey provided many insights into the spending habits of Americans...
Even though retirement planning is the most prominent financial issue facing seniors, it isn’t the only one...
If you want to be financially successful and enjoy your retirement, there are a few common financial mistakes that you’ll want to avoid. Not Creating a Budget Creating a budget should be the first step towards taking control of your finances. Saving for retirement takes planning, setting a target amount of money that you want to save every month, and then...