I've had an account with a major bank since I was a kid- 20 years now- and another with a credit union for my entire adult life, and been charged a fee with either. Be responsible, manage your money properly, and those "high fees" suddenly vanish!

Most of the income for those who are retired, elderly, and well under the $250k income mark will be unaffected- their income does not come directly from investment dividends but from SS and(increasingly) 401k payouts, both of which are taxed as regular income, not investment. Is this right or wrong? Seperate- and I'd...more

How is a target fund that invests only in broad based, contrary indexes a source of concern about manager overlap? Poor research there.

Cheap streaming was never going to last forever.

I wonder, does that actually make someone feel good? Wrecking the day of some counter jockey that had nothing to do with causing your problem had has less power to fix it?

Getting pretty tired of the implication that when someone doesn't have a lot saved, they must be wasteful spendthrifts somehow obsessed with the latest gadgets and other empty luxuries. The big costs, the necessities or pretty-near like education and health care can cripple the most Spartan of lifestyles. How about a l...more

It was never about the money for me. $1 for a rental, $5, not something I sweat over.Never had a late fee. And there are benefits to a brick and mortar store. Until I've got reason to believe that Blockbuster has done something to correct the uniformly dismal customer service I received at every store in every state I'...more

"Very sad. Can't tell if a grey haired man is over 21." They must have been going by how you were acting instead of your looks, and figured you were 12. Seriously, restaurants have been fined, in extreme cases even had their licenses revoked and their business closed for not checking i.d., even with "grey haired" men...more

Neither can compete with the benefits of simple self-education, but for those who have to have a guru before they make a choice in their own lives, Orman at least has a much smaller chance of leading one down the path of self destruction.