Personal Finance

The average professional athlete in the U.S. will make more in one season than most of us earn in our entire lives yet, despite those staggering salaries, 78% of NFL players, 60% of NBA players and a very large percentage of MLB players file for bankruptcy within five years of retirement. Let's take a look at 5 possible reasons why the average athlete is destined to go (quickly) from fame to shame.

The U.S. Mint has issued 5 new 25 cent coin designs into circulation which could be worth 100x their face value if they are in average mint state condition. Here's what to look for:

Over the past 12 years saving gold and/or silver has been an 8x - yes, 8 times! - more effective strategy to grow one's wealth than banking money and I believe it will continue to be so for the foreseeable future for four reasons.

Personal finance isn't nuclear physics - just spend less than you earn, save and invest the rest - but knowing what should be done and actually doing it, however, are two different things. Here are 10 money lessons I wish I had known when I was 20 which have the power to change your life if you are willing to embrace them. Words: 1340

The real strength of this report is not that it is up to the minute, but rather that it offers a snapshot in time along with useful sense of trends in income inequality since the late 1970s, when it began to rise.

Fewer Americans are making purchases with cold hard cash, and people with higher incomes are especially likely to embrace the fully “cashless” lifestyle according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.

There are many important numbers that have made this world what it currently is but the following 10 are the most important numbers, or constants, in the entire world. They have led to bridges being built, finances being accounted for, and the completion of many other significant and necessary tasks throughout history. Here they are.

Gold, commodities, Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) or maybe bitcoin come to mind when thinking of inflation hedges. While all tend to work to some extent, each has its own quirks, and none cleanly moves in lockstep with inflation [but have you ever thought of investing in Series I savings bonds, or I bonds?

This visualization charts the minimum income needed for each income percentile, from the top 50% to the top 0.001%.

There are a number of U.S. error coins and die varieties in circulation today worth from $30 to $35,000 because they have small distinguishing characteristics that make them rare and valuable. This article will tell you which of your pocket change coins might be worth a large premium over face value, and why. Words: 1100