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When is it time for someone to get a financial adviser? Edward Jones managing partner Penny Pennington talks about when a financial adviser makes sense for someone and how having a third party looking after your financial goals can be helpful. Penny Pennington was a financial adviser for years before becoming Edward Jones' managing partner, so she knows when it's time […]
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Whether men or women make better investors is a contested subject that has been examined at length. When it comes to the differences between men and women in the realm of moneymaking, myths and stereotypes still abound. Research indicates women often get higher returns from shares than men.Credit:Louie Douvis The default cliché, of course, is that men relish risk while […]
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Though the ‘highly harmful’ source is regarded as saviour on certain counts, the country has a better option under the seas If it is right that nothing can stop an idea whose time has come, it must be true the other way too — nothing can hold back an idea whose time has passed. Just blow the dust off, you’ll […]
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Hottest travel deals for your next vacation Expedia travel expert Courtney Scott offers tips for finding great deals on vacation getaways. Trouble finding where you should spend your Fourth of July holiday? Continue Reading Below WalletHub analyzed 100 of the most populated cities in the U.S. and determined its findings based on affordability, activities on the holiday, celebrations, safety and […]
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This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com. For the Month Ending April 30, 2019 The Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (“U.S. Moat Index”) finished the month of April ahead of the broad U.S. equity markets as represented by the S&P 500 Index (4.65% vs. 4.05%, respectively). This followed a disappointing March in which the U.S. Moat Index lagged the S&P 500 Index by […]
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Americans are worried about Social Security. Whether it's Transamerica's annual retirement survey (44% of workers fear a reduction in or elimination of Social Security benefits), Gallup (67% of workers worry a "great deal" or "fair amount" about the Social Security system as of March 2019), or any of a variety of other surveys, the trend is clear. Americans fear that […]
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Some Payless ShoeSource stores are sticking around a little longer than expected. While the Topeka, Kansas-based discount shoe retailer originally said in February that all of its approximately 2,300-plus U.S. and Canada stores would be shuttered by the end of May, some locations will be open in June. “Our liquidation sales will continue to run through the end of June […]
Read more Financial planning is daunting enough, but it becomes more complicated and critical when you have a child or family member with special needs. Continue Reading Below If you don't leave any money or support in place, their fate may be left up to the court and wellbeing could suffer. If you leave too much, they could lose access to critical […]
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(Photo: The Motley Fool) Berkshire Hathaway is set to report its first-quarter earnings, and in typical Warren Buffett style, the report will be released on Saturday. Buffett does this to give investors and analysts time to digest the numbers while the market is closed, and this quarter’s earnings report coincides with the company’s widely followed annual meeting. The company’s first-quarter […]
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By now most people have got used to the fact that the Federal Reserve likes to exclude food and energy when it looks at inflation. And it’s for good reason. The Fed understands that people eat and that drivers fill up their gas tanks, but those prices are particularly volatile — and not great at predicting future inflation. OK, but […]
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