Whether you hate tipping and want to plan your vacations around countries where it's an unheard of or are just interested in how other cultures handle tipping it's good to be aware of the places where it's unexpected to tip, where it's uncommon but appreciated, and where it's considered an outright insult.

My primary life study has been about love. Second comes economics, so here, in the form of a few rules, is a little amalgam of the two fields: the economics of love.

Building your portfolios with low-cost, tax-efficient ETFs is a smart strategy but don't set it on auto pilot. Follow these 10 ETF investment rules to build a global portfolio that will beat the benchmarks.

Transitioning to retired life on a fixed income will undoubtedly have a few bumps in the road. This is a brand-new chapter of life for you, and it's reasonable to expect some challenges ahead. The last thing you want to do, however, is compromise your nest egg with costly, easily avoidable mistakes. After all, you need that money to get you through the rest of your life. As such, consider these costly mistakes of the newly retired so you don't follow suit.

I’ve achieved a 15% compound annual return in my personal stock investing portfolio over my 12-year investment career and here are 10 of the rules I followed to make it all possible.

It’s been 12 years (2005 – 2017) and I’m still actively picking stocks with a 15% compound annual return. Hopefully I can keep it up because, at 15% compound annual returns, I can double my money about every 5 years, without taking on too much risk.

I’ve achieved a 15% compound annual return in my personal stock investing portfolio over my 12-year investment career. Here's my investment thought process as to how I invest in stocks, my thoughts on the market, which types of stocks I pick, and why.

Getting a home loan (mortgage) is one of the hardest loans to qualify for but, if you make these 5 money moves before meeting with a lender, you can swing the odds in your favor.

When used properly, an employer-sponsored 401(k) can be a powerful tool to save for your retirement years, but there are a couple of crucial pitfalls that you have to watch out for...Here is a list of potential downsides to 401(k) plans — and how to work around them.

You can easily hire people who claim to be good investment advisers but they hardly ever are. They're usually downright lousy investment advisers, and it's worth learning how to identify them and I group them into three categories: The delusional, the liar, and the secretly mediocre.