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My colleague Nick Maggiulli posed a rhetorical personal finance question last week: He’s right of course. Big houses, luxury automobiles, nice boats, fancy clothes, expensive vacations,…

Warren Buffett has always had a spot on his desk with a sign in big letters that reads: TOO HARD. Buffett does a lot of reading.…

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Markets are constantly evolving. There are better products, services, research tools and technology. Our knowledge of the past impacts how you invest for the future. In…

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PayPal is one of the great technology stories of the past 30 years. The payments company was founded in the dot-com bubble. The PayPal Mafia of…

Jim Simons created perhaps the greatest market-beating machine ever constructed at Renaissance Technologies. The Medallion Fund returned a preposterous 66% per year for 30 years. The…

A reader asks: My partner and I are both 30 y/o and operate a small business. We made the max SEP IRA contribution in December 2025…

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The dollar continues falling, now down around 11% from January 2025 levels: This is a big move by currency standards, especially the global reserve currency. When…