Picking stocks is easy. Picking winning stocks - not so easy. Even if you do happen to have decent stock picking software, the investment returns can be deceiving. Stock brokers and mutual fund companies (along with the agents that represent them) often d...

If you've been around long enough, you have probably seen folks like Jim Cramer and shows like "Fast Money" on the T.V. I don't follow any of those shows on a regular basis, but I do check them out once in a while. I know right off the bat their "hit rati...

I must say that I have no problem with folks buying and holding index funds. Many people have made a lot of money doing it. My problem is when investment advisers say that the ONLY way to make money in the stock market is to buy an index fund or invest "p...

There are numerous methods of budgeting, which include simply balancing your checkbook and making sure you keep track of all of the checks you write. There are software programs like MS Money and Quicken that allow you to see where your money is being spe...