Oy vey.

The market has become comfortably numb to negative headlines or the virtual certainty that negative headlines are on the near-term horizon. We already know for a fact that the hard decisions regarding the Cliff have been pushed off until February and March – and that the only thing between now and then is an earnings…

The other night, Jose Canseco tweeted his 2013 resolutions. Which are awesome on many levels. I think my two favorites are number 5 and the other number 5, LOL. Enjoy: Source: Twitter

I get under the hood of quite a few 401(k) plans as a financial advisor and I rarely love what I see. Of all of the areas of financial services in desperate need of disruption, the retirement plan business is probably the most pressing; it’s a mess and a costly one at that. When I…

Here’s Julie Bort at Business Insider: After giving away $28 billion, Bill Gates is no longer the third-richest man in the world. He’s the second-richest. You read that right. Despite his considerable, praiseworthy charity work, the Microsoft cofounder is getting wealthier. In 2012, he wound up $7 billion ahead with a net worth of $63.4 billion,…

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“Think of risking a total of close to two thirds of a billion dollars to make $2.5 million! Sheer madness.”