Some readers of our 2015 Asset Allocation Guide have discovered an unsettling reality: They don’t have enough assets to fund a comfortable retirement. For these folks, conventional investment recommendations aren’t enough. They’ll never achieve the high returns they require in the short time windows they are in. If you’re one of these people, don’t despair. […]
There’s a simple way to cut thousands off your student loan tab: Move. Five recent graduates received checks for $7,000… just for living and breathing, according to the website Fusion. The only catch is… they have to live and breathe in Niagara Falls, New York. The city instituted a debt payoff program to combat falling […]
“If… I could have adopted Joe as my father, I would have.” So says investment legend Warren Buffett… about an investor you’ve never heard of before. This humble man turned $11 million in 1968 into more than $1 billion by 2000. He did this as the investment director for a tiny liberal arts school in […]
From Mark Ford in the Wealth Builders Club: If you’re tempted to start a business in a field you have never worked in, be aware that much of what you do in the beginning will likely be wrong. Ask yourself if you have the resources—human, capital, and emotional—to push the business forward after you suffer […]
“Let’s get one thing clear: The economy is never truly coming back…” Unless, says Jim Clifton, CEO of Gallup, we reverse the life cycle trends of American business. The company’s recent research shows entrepreneurship is declining for the first time since the government began measuring it over 35 years ago. Since 2008, about 400,000 new […]
Mark just sent me this note… Not infrequently, when someone hears I have a black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, they say one of two things: “I’m a lover, not a fighter.” Or, “I’m not worried about defending myself. I carry a gun.” It’s a very odd reaction, one that sounds defensive—as if the […]
The piece below is from the Wealth Builders Club’s “Debt and Credit Solutions” series. In it, Managing Editor Linsdey Hough shares the foundations of the “spending pyramid.” Use this simple tool to get an immediate handle on out-of-control spending habits… Let’s move in close and get a good look at your individual purchases. How […]