Editor’s Note: Since it’s Earth Day we thought we’d look at what’s new with Green Investing. Here’s Emily… When I recently met with my financial advisor to discuss exactly where to invest the retirement accounts I would be rolling over. I told him I was uncomfortable investing in big oil. My poor advisor took a [...]

While I have not retired early (yet), I do believe I understand the basic concept of how to retire early and so I’m going to share my beliefs with you. I welcome your thoughts in the comments below. Whether you want to retire at 35, 45, 55, 65, or 75, when you break it down [...]

At the ripe ole’ age of 10, I was given the task of having to invest $50,000 into stocks I thought would be winners.  This was part of a county wide contest where each elementary school was represented; and one student selected to make the purchases (fake money of course).  After 30 days, you could [...]

The word entrepreneur conjures up a very specific image in our minds: a go-getter type with an excellent idea, a great deal of passion, and access to enormous funds to get their dream off the ground. Unfortunately, for many would-be entrepreneurs in America and the developing world, it’s the access to money that is the [...]

It’s one of my dirty little secrets: I am both a personal finance blogger and the daughter of a prominent financial planner, and yet my retirement savings are nowhere near where they should be. It gets worse. Until I was about 27, I actually had no retirement savings, other than some money my exasperated father [...]

What comes to mind when you think about investing? I tend to think about my 401K, my house, early retirement, funds, and maybe the occasional stock pick. That’s my world. Pretty boring. I’m sure yours is quite similar. In the grand scheme of things boring is just fine, but what if when you thought about [...]

Super, over-achieving savers often run into questions about their ability to contribute to multiple tax-advantaged retirement accounts. Here’s a recent question from a reader: I have a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA. I make under $50K a year. According to your article I need to split the $5,000 max contribution amount between those accounts [...]

In today’s edition, we look at several smart investing tips. Investing for your retirement isn’t complicated. I love simplified investing tips and I’ve included several in today’s roundup. But there are some unique situations, like giving investments or adding annuities to your portfolio, that might add a bit of complexity to a very small portion [...]

This past weekend I was hanging with some friends who like to talk sports and all they could talk about was the latest film in ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 series. This particular film is called Broke, and it’s all about why a majority of professional athletes face financial troubles so quickly after retiring. Last [...]