Investment
Investing should be easy – just buy low and sell high – but most of us have trouble following that simple advice. There are principles and strategies that may enable you to put together an investment portfolio that reflects your risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals. Understanding these principles and strategies can help you avoid some of the pitfalls that snare some investors.
Are Alternative Investments Right for You?
With alternative investments, it’s critical to sort through the complexity.
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Should I Invest in Gold?
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.
A Look at Diversification
Diversification is an investment principle designed to manage risk, but it can't prevent against a loss.
Jane Bond: Scaling the Ladder
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, uncovering the mystery of bond laddering.
The ABCs of Zero Coupon Bonds
Understanding some basic concepts may help you assess whether zero-coupon bonds have a place in your portfolio.
All That Matters: What's New, What Isn't
How should investors interpret recent market volatility? And what’s different this time?
Modeling Good Financial Behavior for Your Kids
Kids learn to handle money from watching you. Here are 8 ways to show them how to be responsible savers and consumers.
Next Year's Debt Ceiling Expiration and the Tax Debate
The outcome of the election will be key to how the debt ceiling is resolved next year.
Five for Friday - April 10, 2026
Ross looks at how the market and economy have held up amid uncertainty, then gives Washington a hat tip for the Patent Act.
Five for Friday – March 27, 2026
Ross looks at higher oil prices, the ongoing benefits of last year’s big tax bill, and the mood shift on rate cuts.
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Jane Bond: Infiltrating the Market
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, cracking the code on bonds.
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Jane Bond: Scaling the Ladder
Agent Jane Bond is on the case, uncovering the mystery of bond laddering.
Bursting the Bubble
Tulips were the first, but they won’t be the last. What forms a “bubble” and what causes them to burst?
The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
From Boats to Brokers
From the Dutch East India Company to Wall St., the stock market has a long and storied history.
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