Fortunately, you can still find value in housing and related stocks. It might be a lot easier than finding values in your neighborhood!

Four years ago, my college-age son gave me some heart-stopping news. He took half his tuition money and spent it on cryptocurrencies. All four of my kids are smart, and I’ve done my best to...

I’m a big boxing fan. Muhammad Ali is the greatest, but I’ve always enjoyed the lighter-weight fights more.   I watched every Sugar Ray Leonard fight, especially the epic battles against Tommy...

Did you collect baseball cards when you were a kid? I sure did. Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers was my favorite player, and I desperately wanted his All-Star baseball card. I spent what seemed...

I took a bunch of financial planning classes in the 1980s where it was drilled into me that a successful retirement depended on a three-legged stool of income: a pension, retirement accounts and...

Like a monster from an old creature feature, an ugly beast once again looms over Wall Street. I’m talking about inflation. And if I needed any more confirmation, this week’s consumer price...

Longtime readers know I was raised on a vegetable farm in Western Washington. Like all farmers, my father worked like a madman with purpose. What I mean is he worked like a madman because that’s...

Here’s a sad fact: According to the Federal Reserve, one in four Americans has nothing saved for retirement — zilch, zip, nada. It’s another bad situation made worse by the coronavirus pandemic...

What have you planned for the Fourth of July weekend? Fireworks, boating, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, cold adult beverages, some quality time with friends and family? Of course, I enjoy...

Sure, I was in only in junior high, soon to make the leap to high school, so my experience was limited. But, still, it was the most horrifying string of words I’d ever heard in my life ... “Your...