They say it’s better to learn from others’ mistakes than to have to go through the agony of learning the hard way. So we wondered what can be learned from some of the biggest investing mistakes in history. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of Wall Street scams fall apart. Many of these scams have bilked investors out of billions of dollars. #-ad_banner-# We’d like to say that those who have been duped deserve their fate. After all, some of them are… Read More

They say it’s better to learn from others’ mistakes than to have to go through the agony of learning the hard way. So we wondered what can be learned from some of the biggest investing mistakes in history. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of Wall Street scams fall apart. Many of these scams have bilked investors out of billions of dollars. #-ad_banner-# We’d like to say that those who have been duped deserve their fate. After all, some of them are so amateurish or commonly known now that it makes you wonder how anyone could fall for them anymore. (Take the Nigerian email scam, for example.) However, the reality is that some of these scams are rather sophisticated. They often appear to be official or legitimate. And many of them succeed for years. And yes, even you might fall for a scam, no matter how careful you are. But to reduce the chances of being taken in by a Wall Street scam, here is a rundown of the five biggest Wall Street scams, and what… Read More

They say it’s better to learn from others’ mistakes than to have to go through the agony of learning the hard way. So we wondered what can be learned from some of the biggest investing mistakes in history. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of Wall Street scams fall apart. Many of these scams have bilked investors out of billions of dollars. #-ad_banner-# We’d like to say that those who have been duped deserve their fate. After all, some of them are… Read More

They say it’s better to learn from others’ mistakes than to have to go through the agony of learning the hard way. So we wondered what can be learned from some of the biggest investing mistakes in history. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of Wall Street scams fall apart. Many of these scams have bilked investors out of billions of dollars. #-ad_banner-# We’d like to say that those who have been duped deserve their fate. After all, some of them are so amateurish or commonly known now that it makes you wonder how anyone could fall for them anymore. (Take the Nigerian email scam, for example.) However, the reality is that some of these scams are rather sophisticated. They often appear to be official or legitimate. And many of them succeed for years. And yes, even you might fall for a scam, no matter how careful you are. But to reduce the chances of being taken in by a Wall Street scam, here is a rundown of the five biggest Wall Street scams, and what… Read More

What if you could receive regular income without getting a second job or selling some of your assets?#-ad_banner-# Regular passive income is among the aspirations of many long-term investors. The good news is that it’s possible for you to build up a regular income when you approach investing with a specific strategy in mind. When you put together a long-term investing plan centered on cultivating income, you are more likely to succeed over time. Read More

What if you could receive regular income without getting a second job or selling some of your assets?#-ad_banner-# Regular passive income is among the aspirations of many long-term investors. The good news is that it’s possible for you to build up a regular income when you approach investing with a specific strategy in mind. When you put together a long-term investing plan centered on cultivating income, you are more likely to succeed over time. And that long-term income strategy should include dividend stocks. Perhaps the biggest difficulty with dividend stocks is figuring out how to buy enough shares of an investment so that your payouts actually provide you with an amount you can live on — or that can at least supplement your lifestyle. With that in mind, here are four golden rules for building income. 1. Be Realistic Few of us have tens of thousands of… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise… Read More

Long before director J.J. Abrams made Star Trek cool again, I was a fan.#-ad_banner-# I’ve seen all of the movies — from the first ones with Captain Kirk and his crew to the ones with Captain Picard and the “Next Generation” cast all the way through the latest, younger, hipper version that currently dominates the box office. Some are campy fun. Some are thrill rides. Some, frankly, aren’t that great. And sometimes, I even learned something while watching. One of the things I learned while watching “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” — the last one with the original Enterprise crew — is that the word “sabotage” comes from “sabot,” a French word for shoes or clogs. During the Industrial Revolution, protesting workers threw their wooden sabot into machines designed to replace them, intending to destroy the machines. (A Vulcan crew member — played by a pointy-eared Kim Cattrall, long before “Sex and the City” made her a star — shared this piece of wisdom.) Sabotage is often associated with subtle methods of destruction, although throwing shoes into a machine isn’t particularly subtle. Sabotage can even take place in your finances. You might even be perpetrating financial sabotage on your… Read More