Quotes of the Day

Once the couple marries, both lose "complete financial independence." Joint decision making is required and other qualities such as flexibility come into play. Income, investments and spending needs may vary greatly over the years. The ability to discuss and face these issues openly is vital to future harmony in the relationship. [2011] - Isabelle Fox

It's not really necessary to like what you are selling. The key is to sell what people are willing to buy. [2005] - Adam Ginsberg

Melatonin simply provides the official instruction to commence the event of sleep, but does not participate in the sleep race itself. For these reasons melatonin is not a powerful sleep aid in and of itself, at least not for healthy, non-jet-lagged individuals. [2017] - Matthew Walker

If a frenzy occurs in gold, a good strategy is to sell half your position once you have doubled your money. When the ascent goes vertical and you hear about gold every night on the news, think about liquidating some of your position. Once prices move in a strong 90-degree angle, you should use a very short-term moving average to help you make your initial liquidation; here we will use a five-day MA. We want to sell when prices move below the five-day MA. Some traders will also use a 50-day or 200-day moving average to help them out of the rest of their positions. [2009] - James DiGeorgia

Things to understand about precious-medals mutual funds: (1) The ideal fund is big enough to be stable and small enough to be nimble. (2) Look not just at a fund’s three- or five-year returns, but its results during the current manager’s tenure. (3) Management fees range from a reasonable .7 percent to over 3 percent, with an average of around 2 percent. (4) Be suspicious of high-turnover funds. [2004] - James Turk