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Save More than 20 years later, I can still remember my grandmother handing me the silver diet book with the cartoon cover and the sense that I needed to do something. I was probably around 13; the specifics have mercifully faded with time, but the cover and the feeling are burned into my brain. And so it was with a special kind of remembered dread and baggage that I read a recent NPR headline: “How Parents Can Address Kids’ Pandemic Weight Gain.” Children have had their lives upended over...

Index funds give investors access to near-market returns with no stock picking or market timing required. But are market-level returns enough to grow your retirement account to seven figures? Thats the million-dollar question. The easy answer is -- yes -- you can retire a millionaire with index funds. Though as you might expect, it depends on how much you invest in those index funds and for how long. Specifically, if you have more than 30 years between now and retirement, an ongoing monthly con...

Conversation with John Mackey of Whole Foods on Libertarian Theory (Mark Skousen and Richard Ebeling too) Dear John: It all depends. For the mainstream empiricist monetarist like Friedman, it would be falsifiable; you’d just go out and measure whether or not inflationary expectations are low, whether or not the demand to hold money has increased (parenthetically, these two are not unrelated). If this was true, then the monetarist hypothesis would be accepted in this one case. If not, rejected...

Prepare to party like it’s 1999 on March 20. That is the date Gov. Jared Polis wants Colorado to celebrate “Meat Out Day.” Indulge in emulsifiers, fillers, and preservatives. Gulp down that Methylcellulose like it’s the last day on earth. Or, consider eating meat. While contemplating “Meat Out Day,” remember that less is more when it comes to food labels. One can enjoy a healthy vegan diet without falling for the fashionable marketing claims about burgers and other meat facsimiles m...

3 New Customers That Will Power Amazon Beyond the Pandemic Billy Duberstein While COVID-19 pandemic was a terrible tragedy, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), as perhaps the most essential business in the world during this time, had a terrific year in 2020. Sales accelerated 38%, and operating income rocketed 57% higher-- an incredible feat for a business of Amazons size, and especially impressive when you consider all of the COVID-19 mitigation spending Amazon had to make during the y...

Looking for Tech Stocks? These 3 Are Great Buys Trevor Jennewine © Provided by The Motley Fool Looking for Tech Stocks? These 3 Are Great Buys Despite the recent sell-off, tech stocks, in general, have been great long-term investments in recent years. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, the information technology sector has returned 26.5% per year over the last five years, substantially outperforming the 14% annualized return of the broader S&P 500. Arista Network...

Are Stocks Enough, or Can Your Portfolio Do Better? David Butler © Provided by The Motley Fool Are Stocks Enough, or Can Your Portfolio Do Better? The stock market is one of the greatest creators of wealth. Thats true, but its not the only game in town. Real estate, commodities, collectibles, things like cryptocurrencies, and even owning your own business are other modes of investment differentiated from stocks. Historically, a lot of alternative assets carried more barriers ...

One way that business success can be achieved is by learning from the insight and experience of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and economists, and applying it to the issues we face today. Developing the right skills and strategies to tackle the year ahead is imperative, so our picks for the business books you need to read focus on the challenges we are likely to face, and the ideas you need to overcome them. Encompassing ideas across leadership, marketing, branding, economics and ethics, our ...

Prepare to party like it’s 1999 on March 20. That is the date Gov. Jared Polis wants Colorado to celebrate “Meat Out Day.” Indulge in emulsifiers, fillers, and preservatives. Gulp

Are You Bullish or Bearish on America and Wall Street?  Share   Share “I’m not a bull, I’m not a bear; I’m a chicken.” —  Charles Allmon (“Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 67) “One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” – Pledge of Allegiance It is easy to be bearish on America, with all the shenanigans going on in Washington these days — wasteful deficit spending, widespread voting fraud, lockdowns, loss of liberties and the “cancel” cult...