Kathleen's note: This is a new series on Stacking Benjamins. We asked people to tell us their story in our email series (if you're not signed up, you can do that right here), and we're featuring those …
Comparing Football and Financial Planning (with Steve Roberts)
Steve Roberts, author of the new book Football and Financial Planning, joins us to celebrate the start of a new pigskin season. We'll compare all the positions on the field to different financial …
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From Wall Street to Trend Following – How Traders Work with Mike Melissinos
Mike Melissinos was the brand new kid on Wall Street when the bottom fell out. Not only was he on the scene, he was at Bear Stearns, one of the first big "dominos" in the ugly Wall Street fall. How …
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Who Do You Blame If Your Retirement Plan Stinks?
I don’t actively follow golf, but I’m intensely interested in how humans act under pressure. Let’s apply some pressure: suppose for a moment that you reach retirement age and find out that you were …
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Top 5 Dumbest Rules of Thumb
By popular demand....the top 5 is back! Today we tackle the Top 5 Dumbest Rules of Thumb. While rules of thumb are a great place to start, some are better than others. To advisors and former financial …
Is Donald Trump a Good Stock Picker? with Thias Shefchik
"The Donald" just revealed his stock picks. In our headlines, a reporter dug into the numbers to see if Donald Trump's claims of "excellence" are maybe a hair over-exaggerated. We'll find …
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