A noted stock market bull, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, believes the bitcoin price could “easily” double in 2018 outperforming equities [in the process] even though the flagship cryptocurrency’s breakneck rally has ebbed in recent weeks.
Read More »The First Rule of Personal Finance
The first rule of personal finance is never carry a credit card balance. It’s another one of those simple to understand yet difficult to execute money management concepts for a large swath of the population.
Read More »Bank of America’s 15 Best Income Stocks For 2018
Analysts at Bank of America use a ranking system to try and uncover the best income stocks in the Russell 1000 as follows:
Read More »Make These 5 Money Moves To Ensure A Financially Healthy 2018
There are steps you can take today that can help ensure a financially healthy 2018...and the best news is that most of them are relatively simple. Here are five money moves to make...to ensure your finances have a happy new year.
Read More »5 Surefire Signs You Have Too Much Debt
Your credit card bills may not be keeping you up at night yet, but if you analyze your financial situation, you may find that you are closer to the edge than you think. Here are 5 warning signs that you have way too much debt:
Read More »Here’s When Holding Cash Beats Paying Down Debt
Households should be encouraged to maintain at least a small buffer of liquid savings, even if the cash in that buffer is not being used to pay down high-interest debt. Here's why.
Read More »These 9 Charts Show Financial Conditions Are About As Good As They Get!
A lot of things need to happen before the economy is at risk of falling into another recession. The following 9 charts put some meat on my argument.
Read More »Should You Pay Your Mortgage Off Early?
...Should you pay off your mortgage early either by paying extra dollars toward your loan's principal balance or by paying off the rest of your mortgage in one giant payment if you had the opportunity to do so or are there times when not paying off your mortgage early actually makes sense? Not surprisingly, it depends on a host of factors. Here is what you should look at when determining whether paying off your mortgage early is the best choice.
Read More »What the Exuberance Indicator Says About Real Estate Prices
The US Federal Reserve has a super secret set of housing indicators used only by the most elite of bankers. Here's a plain English guide on how to read them.
Read More »Where the U.S. Working Class Can (and Can’t) Afford To Live
This post provides a visualization of data* from our new True Cost of Living Tool to illustrate how the living conditions of the working class stack up across the country. It’s kind of a big deal because it lets you drill down to a specific city and search through layers of relevant information to understand exactly how much money it takes to live in any given area.
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