Many parents quietly wonder: "How can I teach my kids about investing when nobody ever taught me?" The truth is that many parents feel intimidated by investing. They assume they need to understand the stock market inside and out before they can teach their children anything meaningful. Your hesitation is understandable, but teaching your children basic financial and investing principles may be one of the most important gifts you ever give them. Our society changed dramatically in just a few...

One of the biggest mistakes people make in life is assuming financial problems are mostly caused by lack of intelligence. They are not. Most financial problems are caused by what I like to call “drifting.” Most people simply drift through life. People drift into debt. Drift into lifestyles they cannot sustain. Drift into spending patterns that slowly trap them. Drift into futures they never consciously chose. The reason financial drift happens so frequently is real life rarely punishes poor...

The stock market is not complicated. It was just never clearly explained to you. If you feel confused about stocks or investing, it is not your fault. Most people were never taught what a stock actually is, why companies issue them, or why the market has historically grown over time. Instead, people grow up hearing headlines like: “The market was up today.” “Stocks crashed.” “Investors are nervous.” Those phrases sound important, but they do very little to explain how the system actually...