More than 76 years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was signed into law. As the linchpin of the New Deal, the Social Security program was implemented in order to limit the hazards of old age, poverty, unemployment and disability.  Now, about… Read More

Some of the most successful investors have developed very effective investing tricks that help them appear to magically master the market. In fact, these tricks beat the system so easily that it almost seems illegal. But they aren’t breaking the… Read More

While their approval rating may be at some of the lowest levels ever, it’s financially a good time to be a member of Congress. Lawmakers’ $174,000 annual salary is more than three times the average American’s median income ($49,909), and the retirement and health benefits are… Read More

Gold has been on a decade-long hot streak; that’s something everyone knows. But what is interesting is how great and sustained the increase has been. Since its inception at the end of 2004, the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) has… Read More