Finance

The goal is to have the right asset mix when your target-date fund hits its target but this leads to the big question: What do you do when your target-date fund finally does reach this endpoint?

All investors think they are better in their investing than the average investor and such overconfidence can get you into trouble with your finances. It can cause you to take risks you shouldn't, and to ignore information that disagrees with pre-existing biases. It's tough to combat, because most overconfident people are also convinced they are not overconfident!

There are a lot of choices to consider about which retirement income strategy to pursue but which is the best is remarkably difficult to determine as “best” depends heavily on how you measure what “best” means. Careful thought about how a strategy will be evaluated is an essential aspect of the process in crafting an approach to financial planning. This article analyzes 3 such approaches based on wealth, spending, probabilities of success, magnitudes of failure and utility functions that weigh both the upside and downside risks.

Silver is just another commodity with limited potential investment attraction and, while it has been hugely profitable under very specific conditions in the past it is not deserving of the allegiance that some express. This article explains why I have come to that conclusion.

How well you build your investment portfolio matters like never before. It can mean the difference between a comfortable or a compromised retirement, a debt-free or an indebted college degree.

Rolling in green doesn't have to mean a choice between fields or bills. You now can do both, all at once if you prefer. Here are 5 funds that successfully blend environmentally-conscious investments with performance.

Won't bonds correlate with stocks in a bear market next time round with rates at historically low levels and likely to go up?

Investing can be intimidating with its unique language but you can do this and we can help. With the following five keys, you'll be well on your way toward becoming a confident, successful, do-it-yourself investor.

Combining your passion for social and environmental causes with the need to build for your future could give new energy to your retirement planning regardless of your age.

Buying a new car doesn't make much sense when you look at it from a financial perspective. Frankly, you could come out $1 million dollars ahead driving used instead of buying new over a span of 40 years. Yes, over $1 million dollars!