Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.

It seems like only yesterday that savers were dorks. They kept piggy banks. They drove last year's cars. They fished in their change purses for nickels while the superstars flashed credit cards. Today, values have changed. The new object of veneration is not money on the hoof but money in the bank - and the dorks all have it.

Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest...even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner.

Equality is never given, it is taken.

Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

It's a fact: stock investors sometimes lose money on their way to wealth. Get over it.