When I tell people what I do for a living, I hear things like this: 

“The stock market!? That’s a real crap shoot!”

“You invest in startups? I’d rather play the lotto!”

“Oh, isn’t that like gambling?”

Comments like that used to bother me. But not anymore.

Nowadays, I take them…

During the Great Recession of 2008, after more than 20 years with her employer, a woman named Susan lost her job.

To stay afloat, she and her husband maxed out their credit cards and took out personal loans. They made payment after payment, but their debt kept growing.

Eventually, Susan…

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Movie fans, rejoice! Your ticket to unlimited films at the…

With all the negative headlines lately about the economy and the stock market, you might be inclined to just put your head in the sand and tune everything out.

Maybe you're tempted to turn off your TV, shut down your computer, and ignore your financial advisor's phone calls.

But here's…

Have you watched "King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch" yet?

It's on Netflix, and it just dropped last week.

In this reality series, ordinary people team up with a famous collector named Ken Goldin to auction off their memorabilia for thousands – and even millions – of dollars.

As Goldin…

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Free Apple Products!

The mayor of New York City is handing out tons of free…

Today I’m going to show you a little magic trick…

I’ll show you how to double your money by tweaking just a tiny piece of your portfolio.

Sound too good to be true?

Read on to see the “magic portfolio” trick in action…

A “Traditional Portfolio”

Most of us understand the benefits of diversification.

Can you guess the No. 1 reason a startup goes out of business?

Here it is:

Because it runs out of money.

It might sound simple, but it's true. At the end of the day, if a startup doesn't have enough cash to pay its bills, it will be forced…

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Reviews for products on the internet are increasingly being written by machines, not real people. How can…

The paperback book came flying at me like a drunk bird.

It hit my chest and dropped to my lap.

“Read it,” said the short-tempered money manager (and book-thrower) who’d been interviewing me for a job on Wall Street. “Then we’ll talk.”

So I read the book.

And a few…