Unless you are a full-time investor—i.e., you don’t rely on a job for your primary income—then your goal is likely to achieve steady income while lowering your risk. But in today’s market, that’s easier said than done. For one thing, ... Read More >>

How are you going to cultivate your finances in these economic times with the rapid destruction of the money balances? When it comes to foreign creditors selling off their U.S. Treasuries, it seems like they’ll always buy our debt because our ... Read More >>

Once again, it’s happening. You would think people would have learned in the so-called easy-money days prior to the mortgage meltdown. Even then, buying and selling a house quickly was never easy if the buyer had to bring in ... Read More >>

Faced with ubiquitous signs of global economic meltdown, investors are selling stocks in force. The result is broad market indexes that have been dragged down to near all-time lows. Among the hardest hit sectors are bank stocks, oil service stocks, ... Read More >>

It sounds incredibly cliché, I know, but I really do wish I had a nickel for every wannabe real estate investor who thought they were going to be an instant success as a real estate investor. In my experience—very ... Read More >>