How To Start Investing With Just $1,000

Getting started investing with just $1,000 can be challenging. In this article we walk through several great options to help you get started.

Lunch With Warren Buffett Costs $3.45M, But You Can Write It Off On Your Taxes

Lavish expenses aren't tax deductible, but millions for a single lunch with Warren Buffett is.

5 Attractive Biotechnology Stocks For Healthy Long-Term Returns

I am a fervent believer that investors are best served by investing toward a specific investment objective that suits their own unique goals, objectives and risk tolerance. In other words, investing is not always trying to get the highest possible total returns. If that were true, no one would have ever invested in bonds, CDs or other fixed income instruments.

The Most Popular Ages to Retire

Planning to retire at age 70 is nearly as common as retirement at age 65.

Reverse Mortgage Nightmare: 95 Year Old Foreclosed On By Lender

Retha Floyd had taken out a reverse mortgage at a time when she could pay her property taxes and insurance. At age 95 she ran short of money to pay them. The lender sued her to foreclose. With the help of Legal Counsel for the Elderly, she was able to get a repayment plan and that suit was dismissed. But the lawyers also discovered that the lender engaged in an ugly practice of doing drive by "robo-inspections" of her home and charging her excessively for too many of them. A class action lawsuit is underway to stop that unfair practice of taking money unnecessarily from borrowers.

Why Women Budget Better Than Men - And What They Can Learn From Us

It's a tale as old as time, men are from Mars and women are from Venus.  Both are planets, but as beings we're completely opposite.  The saying not only applies to personalities and living habits, it also applies to money management.  It's no secret that women budget better than men - or maybe it's a well kept secret from men.

7 Changes You'll Want To Make Once You Start Tracking Your Spending

When I suggest that clients track their spending, I often hear responses such as, “Every single dollar? You've got to be kidding! I don't have time for that. If I spend so much time tracking, I won't have time for anything else!”