Note to Baby Boomers with adult children: This book review is for you.  Buy a copy for your Millennial children and encourage them to read it.  Getting started early will make an incredible difference over the course of their lives. Most readers of financial books and news today are Baby Boomers or early Gen Xers, as...Read More

In honor of National Book Lovers Day this coming Saturday, Covestor put together a “top ten” list of books on investing, business and finance — as shared by portfolio managers on Covestor and members of the Covestor senior management team. My recommendation–which is more appropriate now than ever given the recent market volatility–was The Art of...Read More

How do I educate myself as an investor? This is one of the most common questions I get from readers, and it’s easily the most important.  I’ll share some of my favorite investing books in a moment.  But first things first. There is no substitute for experience. As in absolutely none.  Having your own money...Read More

If you want to understand how Steve Forbes feels about money, you need look no further than the dedication page of his new book by that name: Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy – and What We Can Do About It “In remembrance of Alexander Hamilton, our first Secretary of...Read More

There is no shortage of market opinion out there.  Between CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg, there are 72 hours per day of non-stop financial chatter on television, and we haven’t said anything about the market segments of general news stations like CNN or the cacophony of voices on the internet. The challenge today is not...Read More