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The past year was phenomenal for stock market investors. The S&P 500 index rallied nearly 30 percent, while technology stocks soared even higher.

Several years ago, I read Walter Isaacson’s excellent biography of Apple founder Steve Jobs. It was a fascinating book, full of interesting insights into the

Q: I have been looking at investing in a 3x leveraged ETF after my friend said he made a killing in them this past year. They look pretty good, but I just read

Q: I am trying to learn about investing, but I always feel like financial people are trying to sell me something. Where can I get the information I need without

This is the third and final installment in my “finding the right fund’ series. In the past two installments I discussed the importance of good information

With a universe of 8,000 mutual funds and more than 2,000 exchange-traded funds, finding the right fund for your portfolio can feel as daunting as looking for a

In school, I was taught that the stock market is a discounting mechanism. Every moment, so the theory goes, thousands of investors carefully weigh potential

Last week I responded to a question about financial security by introducing the idea of financial resilience. Just as emotional resilience enables us to respond

Have you ever wondered what allows some people to become wealthy, while other equally talented and well-positioned people just get by? Certainly, luck plays a

The human brain is a wonderful thing, but sometimes we suffer from what psychologists call “cognitive distortions.” Cognitive distortions cause us to perceive