April 15, aka “Tax Day”, is behind us, but I pay a lot of attention to a different tax day: Tax Freedom Day. Tax Freedom Day? That’s the mythical day when we as a nation have earned enough money...

Floyd Mayweather is considered by many to be the best boxer on the planet. But he doesn't know squat about the cryptocurrency world. Let me explain. The New York Attorney General's office...

How did I get started in this business? As a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch in the 1980s. In retrospect, I cringe at how naive and dumb I was back then. But I somehow managed not to destroy...

One-in-four Americans observe Lent. Most who do, give up something, like a favorite food or beverage. One Good Friday many, many years ago when I was a young and mischievous boy, I suggested to...

Sure, 2017 was a good year for the stock market, but it was a really amazing year for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The S&P 500 rose 21.4%. Bitcoin soared 1,403%. Yup, 64 times better than...

I lived in Texas for eight wonderful years and as many of my friends there repeatedly told me, “EVERYTHING is big in Texas!” It’s true: Texans do everything in a big way. But the same is true —...

How many years are you going to spend in retirement? 10 years? 15? 20? More? The truth is that none of us know how long our retirement will last, but you’re going to need a lot of money to pay for...

“Recent information on inflation along with prospects for a continued solid pace of economic activity provided support for the view that inflation ... would likely move up in 2018.” - FOMC...