You say a really smart man or woman is behind your amazing mutual fund? You say it has a winning track record against its benchmark index fund? Here’s why the joke might be on...

Warren Buffett is probably the world’s greatest business buyer. If you’re buying a property that you plan to rent to a tenant, you’re also buying a business. Here are 7 Rules that real estate...

The late comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, built a career out of saying, “I get no respect.” That might become a tagline for America’s airlines. Based on Skytrax’s latest World Airline Awards, America’s airlines are still...

Most investors know that they should rebalance their portfolios once a year. But if rebalancing is good, wouldn’t more frequent rebalancing be better? I explain this with a story about Kathy, one of my...

Some investors can’t stomach annual losses. If they “lose” money it makes them nervous. If that’s you, consider a portfolio that, over the past 47 years, has never fallen more than 5.5%. It fell...

The price-to-value gap between the U.S. stock market and most international stock markets continues to grow. That doesn’t bode well for investors who have decided to chase U.S. stocks and indexes… at the expense...

We drove down a country lane, passing lush, green hedges that were almost as high as our car. The road narrowed before going over a tiny, medieval-looking bridge. We waited for an oncoming car...

In a 13-question multiple choice test created by Hans Rosling, the average person gets fewer than 17% correct. The average chimpanzee would get 33% correct. If you have 90 seconds, take the quiz. It’s...

When I was in elementary school, I hung out with a guy whom I’ll call Jake. He wasn’t a great student, nor was he athletic. His left eye drifted and his mouth was a...

“Don’t flail your arms when you’re near the sharks,” warned the instructor. Steve Cronin, a longtime scuba diver, had never swum near sharks before. But his girlfriend figured a ticket into one of the...