As long as there are humans, there will be scammers. Here are a few scams to watch out for, along with some ideas for avoiding them and for what to do if you fall prey to one.

How much can a retiree safely withdraw from their portfolio and still expect that portfolio to go the distance?

The world is a dangerous place, and nobody is looking out for your best interests except for you.

The big tech stocks have been on a tear. Can they sustain that momentum, or will history catch up to them?

Is Tesla really worth what it's trading for in the stock market? Can it ever grow big enough to justify its lofty valuation?

Credit scores can be a mysterious part of the American financial system. Let us take you on a behind-the-scenes tour.

Beware the increasingly popular investment tool known as the ETF. They may give you the illusion of diversification, and they may cost more than you realize.

IRAs and 401(k)s are great in that they are doubly tax-advantaged. Health Savings Accounts, or "healthcare IRAs," are triple tax-advantaged.

The amount you receive in Social Security benefits depends on several factors. Here is a map to help you navigate the way.

CEO pay is a perennial sore spot for shareholders. Sometimes, though, it can go from bad to egregious.

James Holzhauer has made Jeopardy! history this year. His record-breaking run also provides an object lesson for us investors.

How is it that Starbucks' number of stores is up 5%, its revenues are up 6%, and yet its stock is up 64% over the past year?

Recent news stories have broken about how some wealthy parents have essentially bribed their kids' way into college. This article is about the scandal the rest of us face: how to afford it once our kids are accepted.

For decades, Warren Buffett declined to buy any railroad or airline stocks, yet now he owns a railroad and significant stakes in all the major U.S. airlines. Why has he recently reversed course? One word: oligopoly.

How is it possible for a company like Microsoft to hold only $36 billion of assets, yet have a market cap of nearly $1 trillion?

Apple is now worth over $1 trillion. We look back at former stock market pioneers and find some commonalities.

There are several different ways that taking a loan from your retirement account can come back to bite you.

Even the greatest investors make mistakes. Here are a few classics to learn from.

Humans are weirdly over-confident about things they know nothing about. Don't let that hurt you financially.

Why the price for one share of stock is a nearly meaningless number.

New regulations increase transparency into executive compensation. Will it change behavior?

How can you make sure that your money lives longer than you do?

Buying at a market trough is a wonderful thing. But those opportunities are so rare that it's not worth waiting for them.

Margin debt as a percent of GDP is higher than ever.

A closer look at five earlier stock market crashes and what lessons they hold for us today.

There are many ways to average numbers. Always read the footnotes to find out if you're being hoodwinked.

There are hundreds of scams out there, trying to separate you from your hard-earned money. Be wary.

Compound interest can be hard to wrap your head around, but understanding it is essential to successful investing.

An MIT genius first conquers black jack then goes on to master the biggest casino of them all -- the stock market.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has recently been struggling. Can it recover and hit its stride once again?

How an economics experiment uncovered the simple secret to successful long-term investing: take a constant and moderate amount of risk then let the odds work in your favor.

A look back at the mistakes Inkwell has made in its first five years.

There's always at least one hot sector of the stock market. You don't have to follow everyone else into each new investing fad.

Just because you have easy access to certain data does not mean that it will help you make good investment decisions.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. That's even more true in the stock market.

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and other legendary investors have sometimes had to actively engage with the managements of the companies they invested in, as detailed in Jeff Gramm's recent book Dear Chairman.

It's always possible for an investor to make portfolio-destroying decisions, even for the legends of the game.

Rich people may be more susceptible to succumb to financial fraud. Make sure you're not one of them.

It takes much more than raw intelligence and knowing how to use a spreadsheet to make it in the investment business.

The stock market has been little more than flat over the recent past. What returns can investors reasonably expect going forward?

Is it possible to find a stock that will return 100 times your original investment?

Companies buying their own stock is all the rage right now. Should investors be excited about it?

The future of the stock market is always hard to predict, but one long-term metric can give us a rough idea of what to expect.

How a slow-growing stalwart company can produce higher investment returns than a high-growth tech upstart.

August 24, 2015 was a wild and crazy day in the stock market. Our suggested response to the madness.

The lion's share of the stock market's gains in 2015 have been driven by just a handful of companies.

Investment managers who invest the same way as their clients tend to earn higher returns.

A closer look at Robert Shiller's Cyclically Adjusted P/E (CAPE) valuation metric

A closer look at a market valuation tool known as the Buffett Indicator

Economic forecasters tend to have a virtually unblemished record of failure.

How ten current mutual funds stack up against the market.

Beating the market is possible, but might entail some short-term pain.

The boxed chocolate business is a seemingly poor one: regionalized tastes, highly seasonal sales, and little to no growth. However, See's Candies has been nothing short of a home run investment. Here's why.

A new-ish metric called Active Share can help you know if your portfolio has a good chance to beat the market or not.

Benjamin Graham, the dean of value investing, used to have his students compare the investment merits of two companies simultaneously. This is just such a comparison of two restaurant companies whose main products are heavy on the gluten.

Scott Adams, creator of the popular Dilbert cartoon, has some insightful opinions that can help us become better investors.

The stock market continues to roar ahead, even though seemingly every pundit is calling for a correction. What's an investor to do?

History repeats itself. Warren Buffett recently bought a sizable stake in ExxonMobil, just as he did about 30 years ago. A look at the two investments.

Questions you should ask of anyone you are contemplating hiring to manage your portfolio.

Risk is not volatility, though everyone else on Wall Street will try to have you believe it. We present a better definition.

A look at the ever-changing make-up of the Fortune 500, with some entertaining blasts from the past.

Most investors trade too frequently, and too emotionally. This is a dangerous course and could be ruinous to your portfolio.

Why the stock market sometimes values tiny start-ups more richly than their larger, established competitors.

How a group of seemingly eccentric CEOs transformed their companies and created tons of stock market wealth in doing so.

Intelligence is not a sufficient condition for investment success; in fact, it may hurt more than help.

How a simple formula from a chemical company can help you invest better.

A satirical look at the foibles of the professional investment research community.

How judicious capital allocation in a public company's management can help juice shareholder returns.

You may be dangerously over-diversified and not even know it.

Will Barack Obama or Mitt Romney lead to a stronger stock market? The answer may surprise you.

How to live to 100 and find investments that will last as long as you.

The latest book from investing legend Howard Marks has a lot to teach us.

Picking a good company is only part of the investment puzzle; knowing the right price to pay is even more important.

A primer on security analysis. Bonus: The stock we picked was bought out a few months later.

You may be your own worst enemy when it comes to investment success.