How Much to Pay a Babys...

I consider myself to be incredibly lucky that I live just two doors away from my in-laws. In other words, I’m two doors away from free babysitting – most of the time. But when I do need to bring in a neighborhood sitter, I often forget the logistics of payment. Do I pay per...

Size: The Second Factor...

The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management . In this series we are looking at the Fama-French three-factor model of investment returns. Any model of investment returns tries to predict an investment’s returns and volatility by factors that can be measured in...

How to Buy Stocks Onlin...

Do high brokerage costs deter you from investing in stocks of financially stable, profitable companies? Believe it or not, stocks in some of America’s most profitable companies can be bought without opening a brokerage account – in other words, sans commissions –...

Why Calculate The Savin...

The following is an excerpt from the ebook How Much Do I Need to Retire by Todd Tresidder from Financial Mentor. I really enjoyed this book (and worked through it personally in re-calculating my retirement number), so much so that I convinced Todd to give you all a special offer on it....

The War Against the Ric...

The following is excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. from Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics by Ziad K. Abdelnour with Wesley A. Whittaker. Copyright (c) 2012 by Ziad K. Abdelnour. It’s on the border of...

Are Dividend Stocks Goo...

Here’s a piece from the Wall Street Journal that can be summarized as follows: Bonds (and other forms of income-generating investments) are yielding very low rates. Duh! As a result, Americans are plowing a ton of money in high-dividend stocks and mutual funds. While doing this can...

Freedom Investing 2012...

The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management . I’ve been discussing foreign freedom investing for a decade now. In the spring of 2010, I used the term “Ring-of-Fire” to describe countries with a high debt and deficit and suggested avoiding them. A year...

Picturing Your Destinat...

The following is excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc.(www.wiley.com) from Risk Less and Prosper: Your Guide to Safer Investing by Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu. Copyright (c) 2012 by Zvi Bodie and Rachelle Taqqu. Sidebars and tables are in red. If you...

Do You Plan to Move Whe...

Kiplinger recently had a piece saying people should stay put when they retire . In other words, don’t look to move to Florida or Arizona — simply keep living in the same city (even the same house) that you lived in pre-retirement. Staying put in retirement seems to be a...

Your Portfolio Needs Re...

The following is a guest post from Marotta Wealth Management . Most investors do not have a balanced portfolio. They look for investments with little to no risk that still provide great rates of return. And by chasing this elusive chimera they miss the easy money they could make from...