The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

You normally don't get a margin call unless your securities, minus the debt, are worth 30% or less of their nominal market value.

Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.

Everyone needs a small-town banker. Especially in a big town.

Auto insurance is a toll bridge, over which every honest driver has to pass.

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

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.