Finance

“Gird your loins and fasten your seat belts!” Below is Part 1 of my forecast for 2015 related to financial (incl. banking & oil) matters. Those related to geopolitical (incl. Russia, China, Japan, USA, Europe & the Islamic State) particulars and U.S. domestic (incl. political, political & societal) particulars are covered in subsequent articles.

Savings statistics in the U.S. are terrible...because, [while] saving money is simple, prioritizing is hard. It’s very easy to...cut back on lattes to save money, but those little things...are not going to make a big dent in your budget. To truly save money you have to focus on the big picture issues, including things like transportation and...how new the car is that you own. Let me explain why that is the case.]

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You’ve probably heard it a million times from financial “experts” – the key to financial success is saving. The idea is that if we save more now then we’ll have more to spend later and, while that’s true at the individual level, it’s actually disastrous advice in the aggregate. Here's why.

Couples can be a galvanized force to either greater wealth or rapidly deteriorating their combined net worth. Below are the top 6 unfavorable money behaviors exhibited by couples. Be open to the signs and fix them - or walk!

Should the Millennial cohort pay off their student loan before investing in the stock market as a means of saving for retirement or do a little bit of both? This article discusses the different options and comes to an interesting conclusion.

This article identifies 39 fairly valued dividend growth stocks with above-average historical earnings growth over the past 5 years and a current dividend yield of 1% or better and, as such, is oriented to those retired, or close to retirement, investors that require above-average growth and/or above-average long-term total return.

There is a consensus in the investment markets today believing that student debt is a major credit problem rivaling other credit problems that were disastrous over the last 30 years... This article seeks to explain the lies, damned lies and the statistics surrounding the student debt myth in the United States.

The whole assault on tax havens is economically and morally reprehensible. Tax havens are something that should be applauded, not persecuted. Here's why.

...The Employee Benefit Research Institute surveys workers each year concerning their retirement confidence. Despite an uptrend, the latest report shows that 82% of workers feel less than “very confident” about having enough money to retire comfortably. With that statistic in mind, this article looks at three different 40-year retirement scenarios.