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Good decision making is a precursor to excellence. Great investors have this skill and we can see it in the many books about Warren Buffett but it’s not only investors that investors can learn from.

Central bankers are managing paper currencies for the benefit of the people, not the financial and political elite. Consequently consumer prices are stable and there is no reason to own gold as protection from currency devaluations.

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!

Given the negative real rates, a falling dollar, and heightened correlation between stock and bonds, gold should be an essential part of every investor’s portfolio today.

I wistfully remember the good old days of blissful naiveté about economics, which is before I found out about the Austrian school of economics, which led me to completely comprehend the unbelievable Keynesian econometric insanity of excessively expanding a fiat currency, especially over an extended time.

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.

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.