A Yale researcher has the the retirement industry up in arms over his plan to publish apples-to-apples fund fees comparisons of thousands of 401k plans across the country. No mere exercise in … Read more →

Americans have long known that medical care is much, much cheaper abroad. What they didn’t know until recently is that the same procedure at one hospital can cost a fraction … Read more →

A few years back, a popular TV quiz show posed this question in its title: “Are You Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?” It was a simple idea, as most successful ideas … Read more →

What’s your expected rate of return on your retirement investments? Do you even have a concrete number in your mind? You should. Consider for a moment your assumptions. You assume … Read more →

“Oh, you are a stock market guy? I’d love you to talk to my son Johnny. He is really interested in investing. When he was a freshman in high school, … Read more →

Like a volcano, markets go through phases: they do very little and then suddenly they spit fiery lava. With new problems being introduced each day, be it Greek debt or … Read more →

In the hit comedy, Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play two guys that are so utterly moronic, that their inanity actually becomes their best asset. Without knowing … Read more →

“Nobody knows nothing” is a statement made by screenwriter William Goldman about the movie business. He meant that even after making movies for over 100 years, no one actually knows … Read more →

In this week’s Forbes column, Rick Ferri asserts that “partial indexing works for Wall Street, not investors”. In this penetrating article, Rick ruthlessly uncovers Wall Street’s agenda is selling indexing … Read more →

Investors Behaving Badly The Financial Research Corporation released a study prior to the [2001-02] bear market which showed that the average mutual fund’s three-year return was 10.92%, while the average … Read more →