Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy?

Stock buybacks are eating the world. The once-illegal practice of companies purchasing their own shares is pulling money away from […]

Talking with children matters: Defending the 30 million word gap

Home is where our story begins…” so the argument that a child’s early experiences at home perpetuate social inequality is […]

Income, Value and Growth Stocks

Investors who buy stocks typically do so for one of two reasons: they believe that the price will rise and […]

Why Bill Gates Is Buying Inflation Funds

By BRETT ARENDS, Smart Money, If you’re retired, or nearly retired, you probably want three things from your investments: Safety […]

Preferred Stock: Are Those Juicy Yields Worth the Extra Risk?

By  Jason Zweig, WSJ,  As the Federal Reserve’s low-interest-rate policy has turned the world of income investing into a howling […]

America’s wealthiest (and poorest) states

interesting article on income of US.  A Mississippian earning $38k can live as well as New yorker with salary of […]