Jumping right into buying individual stocks with no experience can be an emotional rollercoaster, and lunging into mutual funds without some preparation is ill advised too.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Retirement Portfolio, REITs, Bank Stocks, Demographics & Housing, Emerging Industries, Five Financial Planning Decisions, RH - Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc., MOS - Mosaic Co., AGU - Agrium Inc., POT - Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., CVRR - CVR Refining L.P.

What retirees don't understand is that they are unknowingly exposing themselves to potentially costly risk.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Individual Account vs. Roth IRA, Free Cash Flow, Volatile September?, Four Retirement Regrets, TWIEX - American Century International Growth Fund Investor, KKR - KKR & Co. L.P., TIF - Tiffany & Co., SCHX - Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF, GEO - GEO Group Inc., Reverse Stock Split, CNX - Consol Energy Inc., Real Estate or Stock Market.

Almost three-quarters of Americans are experiencing financial stress. Money anxiety can be triggered by what are labeled as “thinking traps.”
Today's Stocks & Topics: Stocks and Taxes, STKAF – Stockland, Term Life Insurance, Wall Street, Bonds, ZINCQ - Horsehead Holding Corp., Reinvest Dividends, Stash & Robin Hood Apps, ABX - Barrick Gold Corp., GDX - VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF.

Economic growth prospects have improved on the back of recovering business and consumer confidence.
Today's Stocks & Topics: 401k & Credit, ULTA - Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc., Cost of Assisted Living, Most Expensive Places to Raise a Family in the U.S., BMY - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., TRN - Trinity Industries Inc., KHC - Kraft Heinz Co., Free Cash Flow, Janet Yellen & Interest Rates, APTS - Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., FBR - Fibria Celulose S.A. ADR, The Stock Market, MGIC - Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., BAC - Bank of America Corp., Global Investments.

If you aren't saving enough money or always receive a tax refund, you may need a financial advisor.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Roth I-R-A, Fibonacci Program, Negative Interest Rates, Baby Boomers are Working Longer, AIG - American International Group Inc., SFL - Ship Finance International Ltd., PFF - iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, Emergency Funds, F - Ford Motor Co., Preferred Stocks, the Fed, HPI - John Hancock Preferred Income Fund, DVN - Devon Energy Corp., Projected Earnings.

An extended flood of money into these investments raises the risk that they are overvalued.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Roth I-R-A, RRD - R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., ABX - Barrick Gold Corp., PYPL - PayPal Holdings Inc., GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., World Economy, Mutual Funds, Property & Taxes, ODP - Office Depot Inc., Gold, Home Sales, MNK - Mallinckrodt PLC.

It's the first step toward becoming an investor, and it's important to thoroughly evaluate your options to find the best one for you.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Mutual Funds, SKX - Skechers USA Inc. Cl A, Global Currency War, Electric Cars, S&P Valuation, PFE - Pfizer Inc., Stock Market vs. Bond Market, 401k, POT - Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., PHK - PIMCO High Income Fund, RCS - PIMCO Strategic Income Fund Inc., EBAY - eBay Inc., Investing.

When the stock market gets really high or low, and bonds have little return, people start searching for alternatives like real estate.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Investing for Retirement, Investing for Kids, TGT - Target Corp., Global Currency, GEO - GEO Group Inc., Roth I-R-A, JEC - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., FLR - Fluor Corp., U.S. Recovery & Immigration, Mutual Funds, Share Types, Retirement.

Renewed interest in gold, the holdings in global gold exchange traded funds have pushed it to its highest levels since 2013.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Agricultural Sector, Technical Numbers, Stay Away from Day Trading, iPhone, Most Livable Cities in the World, BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR, POT - Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., NAVI - Navient Corp., the Dollar, GEO - GEO Group Inc., CXW - Corrections Corp. of America, ABX - Barrick Gold Corp, Oil, Gold.

You don’t have to be a financial whiz kid or have the acumen of a Warren Buffett to make smart money decisions.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Japan, USO - United States Oil Fund LP, REITs, BHP - BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR, WLL - Whiting Petroleum Corp., New Investor, Buying Foreign Stocks, FSLR - First Solar Inc., EME - EMCOR Group Inc., JNJ - Johnson & Johnson, Hedge Funds.