Personal Finance

A financial advisor can realize enhanced returns for you over the years and make you feel more at ease about their finances, but only 29% of Americans work with a financial advisor. Research shows that an advisor-managed portfolio [outperforms a self-managed portfolio realizing an 8% annualized growth over a 25-year period, on average, compared to 5% from a self-managed portfolio. bBelow are 6 ways to go about choosing the right one for YOU!

I’m turning 40 this month, which got me thinking: why not share how to make the most of your 30s so below are 30 hard-learned money and life lessons for you to review and hopefully implement.

Simply continuing along the status quo is a vote for digging ourselves deeper as the constraints of the future arrive. Behavior change is necessary in order to improve our chances. This article presents 14 prudent behaviors to adopt...as we start trending back towards more historic baselines.

Spreading your political risk beyond one jurisdiction by obtaining a second passport and citizenship in another country is a fundamental step towards minimizing the political risk of being subjected to the whims of any single government. Here are 6 reasons why that is the case.

Asset price inflation is the cause of wealth disparity between between the top 1% and the bottom 50%. The more they have, the more they get. The bottom 50% don’t have anything and need not apply...

Taxes provide 50% or more of government funds in almost every country in the world and using a tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the more useful ways to compare tax systems around the world and this article does just that.

To answer the question "How much can people learn about me by simply Googling me?" just Google yourself, or as some people say, complete your own "vanity search". You may be amazed - and perhaps even dismayed - at what is out there about you! Why should you care? Because friends, relatives, employers, recruiters, hiring managers, and even strangers may be searching for information about you on the web so shouldn't you better control what people can learn about you online?

In this article I explain why you should seriously consider internationalizing your domain name, teach you some basic terms so that you can understand how to choose the jurisdiction of your domain name (as well as make sure that your personal or business information is not leaked out into the public domain) and tell you how to do it. Read on!

"Equations definitely CAN be dull, and they CAN seem complicated...but you CAN appreciate the beauty and importance of equations without knowing how to solve them.....[My] intention was to locate them in their cultural and human context, and pull back the veil on their hidden effects on history. Equations are a vital part of our culture. The stories behind them --- the people who discovered/invented them and the periods in which they lived --- are fascinating" and some are particularly relevant to anybody affected by the current financial crisis. [Let's take a look.] Words: 2072

We’re told easy money will bolster the economy as consumers and businesses take advantage of low rates and spend but if you’re trying to save money, this is anything but a boon.