Many people think the biggest risk with money is losing it. A bad investment. A market crash. A bet that doesn't pay off. But what if the most expensive financial decision isn't a bad choice — it's no choice at all? That's what nearly a century of market data suggests. And the numbers are hard to argue with. What $100 Looked Like in 1928 In the late 1920s, $100 went a long way. It could...

The U.S. economy is forecasted to expand by 2.0% to 2.5% this year. The advance is likely to be driven, in part, by the astronomical spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure (i.e. data center construction). That, along with resurgent manufacturing activity, should help offset a modest decrease in the rate of personal consumption and weak residential construction. The Federal Reserve is still more concerned about price stability than the labor market, which is in decent...

Trump Accounts have been in headlines for months. Few of those headlines explain them the same way. Depending on the article, they sound like a college fund, a retirement account, or something brand new altogether. For parents and grandparents trying to figure out whether any of it matters for their family, the noise has gotten in the way of the signal. What These Accounts Actually Are Section 530A accounts (Trump Accounts) officially launched on July...