A Healthy Marriage and Your Financial Advisor
People’s Spending Habits and other Money Issues are often Overlooked in Premarital Planning For couples planning wanting a healthy marriage, a meeting with a financial professional is an increasingly important step along the way, advisers say. It’s a “function of the...
Globalization and No More Butter for French Croissants
France is Running Out of Butter for its Croissants France’s much-loved croissant au beurre has run up against the forces of the globalization of global markets. Finding butter for the breakfast staple has become a challenge across France. Soaring global demand and...
Real Estate is Selling at the Fastest Pace in 30 Years
Homes Are Getting Snapped Up at the Fastest Pace in 30 Years Real Estate is selling quickly. Here’s more evidence that the defining characteristic of the U.S. housing market is a shortage of inventory for sale: Homes are sitting on the market for the shortest time in...
Bitcoin’s Bewildering Race to $100 Billion
There is no official measurement of a market bubble, but one could be the speed and force of the rise, a technique borrowed from the physical realm. Dot-com stocks rose 680 percent from the beginning of 1996 to the end of March 2000. Bitcoin has risen nearly 825...Three big ways Brexit could affect Americans personally
In Britain, the debate over whether to remain in the European Union was an impassioned one, an existential crisis of national identity that inspired protests along the famed River Thames and divided families from Sheffield to Southampton. But here across the pond, the...Value Investing: What Is Value Investing?
Value Investing: What Is Value Investing? Unlike some investment strategies, value investing is pretty simple. It doesn’t require that you have an extensive background in finance (although understanding the basics will definitely help), sign up for an expensive...
