January tends to be an eventful month for investors engaged in retirement planning. In addition to the usual New Year’s resolutions to save more and live more frugally, January is a great month to rebalance your portfolio and to make your annual IRA or Roth IRA contribution. I recently touched on IRA contributions and portfolio...Read More

They had me at the Iron Man reference. Intel (INTC) stole the show at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, introducing a “smart bowl” that will wirelessly charge your phone and other gadgets, a “smart onesie” that lets parents monitor their baby’s vital signs, and—my personal favorite—Jarvis, a smart, always-on Bluetooth earpiece that essentially does what...Read More

There has always been one major disconnect with dividend stock investing: most of us pay our bills on a monthly cycle, yet our dividend checks arrive only once per quarter.  This can make budgeting a headache and adds an extra level of planning. Sure, a diversified dividend stock portfolio will be comprised of stocks with...Read More

Now that we’re in the Christmas holiday shopping season, you’re about to get inundated with ridiculous expressions like “Santa Claus rally” and market superstitions that would have you believe that the price action on the first trading day of the year—January 2—will determine the returns on the market for all of 2014. It’s hard to...Read More

This time of year, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the holidays and push unpleasant things like tax planning into January, but believe me — a few tax tips will actually come in handy sooner than later. For some tax decisions — such as how much to contribute to an IRA or Roth IRA...Read More