Self directed IRAs certainly have a number of advantages over standard retirement plans. They give you unlimited access to various asset classes, do away with a ton of retirement-crushing fees, and allow you to take a break from the topsy turvy roller coaster known as the stock market. That being said, there are still a […]
What’s better? To live an opiated existence and see the world through rose colored glasses, or to actually get a glimpse of reality with all of its cringe inducing flaws? If we’re talking about Twinkies (R.I.P.), then please leave me alone while I devour the yellow goodness. I don’t want to know what’s in it, […]
In a recent MarketWatch article, Brett Arends lists 5 of the most unpopular investments for 2013. The logic of such a list is that a savvy investor can make a move now to get in on the ground floor of something big. Coming in at number four on the list is the only non-stock asset: […]
What defines “real”? The search for authenticity is occasionally embarked upon by the individual in an effort to find some kind of existential meaning. The attentive gourmand strives for real food, the wife for real love, and the artist for real expression. But how to define this so-called real is always fraught with ambiguity. How […]
The SEC recently released a statement which says that a lawsuit is being brought against two brothers who were running a penny stock scam. The way it worked was like this: the brothers touted a stock picking robot that could predict with amazing accuracy which stocks investors should be getting into. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the […]
Everybody wants to retire comfortably, but there are a number of common scenarios which can do serious damage to a personal retirement fund. Here are the top five pitfalls that retirement investors should keep at the top of their watch list. 1. Pension Plan Restructuring One of the recent trends amongst bigger companies is a […]
One of the scarier trends in Wall Street money-making maneuvers is the emergence of fully automated trading. Fully automated doesn’t mean that a computer allows a human trader to push a button and – voila! – the trade is executed. Rather, it means that the computer itself is making the trading decisions. A programmer comes […]
The New York Times published a story yesterday entitled The BlackBerry as Black Sheep in which it profiled people who are growing increasingly embarrassed to use their Blackberries in public. The Blackberry doesn’t provide the same functionality as the current breed of smart phones, and users come off looking like communications cavemen who are stuck […]
