Being broke sucks but if you avoid these 8 bad money decisions you can stop digging yourself even deeper into debt.

I’ve achieved a 15% compound annual return in my personal stock investing portfolio over my 12-year investment career. Here's my investment thought process as to how I invest in stocks, my thoughts on the market, which types of stocks I pick, and why.

Getting from point A to point B in the real world can be quite simple. In the investment world, the roadways are constantly shifting. Changes in interest rates, tax policies, unemployment, fiscal initiatives can represent obstacles and navigating these winding paths can require your very own GPS advice. Words: 494

Top leaders have managed to conquer challenges, shed their shortcomings, and grow both their skills and their net worth. They have made mistakes and learned from them. We wondered what some of the wealthiest CEOs would tell their younger selves, and found 6+2 gems worth passing on.

Don't completely drain your savings. You never know when life will throw a financial emergency at you.

Deception is now so great in our world of finance that people can not discern the difference between what is ‘real’ and what is ‘fake’ money.

Before you blindly accept any money advice you receive, be sure to do some additional research to find out if the advice is outdated. Here are nine examples of financial tips that may no longer apply.

I'm a take-responsibility-for-your-actions kind of guy, which is why I don't have a problem telling you that most of your financial problems are self-inflicted. If you're constantly lamenting you never have enough money or can't get ahead, well — you're probably sabotaging your own financial progress in one of these 5 ways.

The ratio of total stock market capitalization to GDP, a favored indicator of the “Oracle of Omaha”, has historically proven to be a very useful and reliable harbinger of longer-term future returns in equities in the U.S. - and it suggests annualized total returns of -1.27% on the S&P over the next 10 years. Lower equity returns over a 10-year period have been clearly consistent with higher returns for gold. In fact, every 1% drop in annualized total returns on the S&P 500 implies a 1.5% increase in returns on gold. That would be consistent with returns for gold of around 20.6% on average per year.

Does the money really make life any more enjoyable? As Bill Gates once said, "A hamburger is still a hamburger, millions in your pocket or not." Read on for our roundup of reasons why you should feel perfectly content to live on Main Street.