How many jobs have you had over the past 20 years? Two, three? More? The typical long-term career involves seven or more job “hops,” that is, moves not within one … Read more →

What do online education, tax preparation, and online retirement planning have in common? More than you might think. Let’s start with the debate over online education. Over the past few … Read more →

Over the past year or so, the four leading trading houses have offered a suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that trade for free. Schwab lead the charge by offering free … Read more →

In competitive pursuits, there are established and transparent measurement systems to determine not just performance but how performance is achieved. In professional sports, a variety of statistics are used to … Read more →

A man having a religious crisis of faith initially spoke the famous words of this blogs subject line. He was acknowledging that with tough decisions, there is a continuum, not … Read more →

Retirement planning is a subject full of irony: the younger you are when you start investing for it, the more likely it is that you’ll retire with plenty. But when … Read more →

A recent article ‘Burned Investors Watch Money Closely in ’09’ revealed how many investors turned to investment software in 2009 as “many became more hands-on with their money and open … Read more →