Finance

This article identifies 39 fairly valued dividend growth stocks with above-average historical earnings growth over the past 5 years and a current dividend yield of 1% or better and, as such, is oriented to those retired, or close to retirement, investors that require above-average growth and/or above-average long-term total return.

There is a consensus in the investment markets today believing that student debt is a major credit problem rivaling other credit problems that were disastrous over the last 30 years... This article seeks to explain the lies, damned lies and the statistics surrounding the student debt myth in the United States.

The whole assault on tax havens is economically and morally reprehensible. Tax havens are something that should be applauded, not persecuted. Here's why.

...The Employee Benefit Research Institute surveys workers each year concerning their retirement confidence. Despite an uptrend, the latest report shows that 82% of workers feel less than “very confident” about having enough money to retire comfortably. With that statistic in mind, this article looks at three different 40-year retirement scenarios.

From corrupt politicians and drug cartels to tax cheats and alimony deadbeats, everybody’s laundering money these days. Let’s say you have a little spare cash and you would prefer to keep it out of the grubby hands of various tax authorities, or you don’t want your spouse to know about it, or your kids. Fear not. With a little financial detergent, your dirty money can be rendered more or less untraceable. Here's how.

The difference between only having a bank account in your home country and having an additional bank account in another country is major. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

I read hundreds of financial articles every week and most are nothing more than "financial entertainment" - unfounded forecasts, fear mongering or cheer-leading. That being said, there are a number of articles that are absolutely MUST READS if you are to become an informed investor and be in position to understand what is evolving in the financial environment and act accordingly. Introductory paragraphs and links to a number of them are provided in this post.

Scanning the world map in 2014, 12 places stand out as top-notch retirement options and, while each place is different, all of them offer tremendously appealing lifestyles for the cost. Here's how much it costs to retire in these 12 great retirement spots.

Here's an interesting rule of thumb that most retirees and would-be retirees would do well to adopt.

The Fed has just released a 200 page study on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2013 that reveals that 52% of the respondents to the survey said they did not have a mere $400 in savings for an unexpected emergency. That suggests to me that over half the county is on a paycheck-to-paycheck struggle. Below are my key findings from the survey presented in a concise easy to understand format.