HumbleDollar

5 min read 2022-07-03 14:00:50

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A FEW WEEKS BACK, I mentioned Robert Shiller’s book Narrative Economics. His contention: Stories—to a surprising degree—often drive

1 min read 2022-07-03 12:52:09

FINANCIAL EXPERTS with “certified” in their title have plenty of good advice for retirees as they cope with today’s rough financial times. My

11 min read 2022-07-02 12:00:28

IMAGINE AN AGE long ago, before the internet. Not only that, it was so long ago that it was before most Americans cared about the stock market.

2 min read 2022-07-02 11:22:47

WHETHER FOR GOOD luck or because I’m thrifty, I still stoop down to pick up pennies. But there might not be any in the future. Thanks to their

3 min read 2022-07-01 14:00:41

ACCORDING TO MY local newspaper, the average home price in my town rose 450% over the past 25 years. That made me ponder how I could use my home

1 min read 2022-07-01 13:20:05

NOT SURPRISINGLY, many of last month's most popular articles and blog posts were devoted to the financial markets. Here were June's six best-read

3 min read 2022-06-30 14:00:28

MANY YEARS AGO, I read an article that posited that U.S. income inequality is due, in part, to the unwillingness of unemployed and underemployed

2 min read 2022-06-30 12:55:42

I'VE PREVIOUSLY written about the dramatic turn my life took when I went from carefree bachelor to husband and proud father of four. With multiple

3 min read 2022-06-29 12:00:31

I’M NOT IN THE HABIT of celebrating half-birthdays, but my next one has me thinking. In a few days, I'll turn age 59½. That, of course, is the age

2 min read 2022-06-29 11:19:19

AS A COLLEGE professor, there are a few times during the year when things quiet down. During these lulls, I take on tasks that have moved to the

3 min read 2022-06-28 14:00:25

DO YOU INVEST in options? Think twice before saying that you’d rather go to Vegas. My bold claim: Options investing has a lot in common with

2 min read 2022-06-28 13:37:22

THIS IS A NEW feeling for me. I’m constantly stressed about money. The thing is, there’s no valid reason for it. Nonetheless, I’ve taken to

2 min read 2022-06-27 14:00:55

DURING THE RECENT bull market, I fell off the wagon and bought some technology companies, once again trying my hand at stock picking. I’m talking

1 min read 2022-06-27 12:18:37

STOCK INVESTORS are hanging tough. Bond investors? Not so much. Citing flow of funds data from EPFR, Bank of America Global Research says investors

5 min read 2022-06-26 14:00:51

I ARGUED LAST WEEK that bitcoin wasn’t a great investment. The reality: Only a minority of investors hold cryptocurrencies, which is a good thing,