Mastering Money

Mastering Money - 10/23/15

Oct 23, 2015

Up until 2005, Morningstar reports that the expense ratio of ETFs averaged 0.4 percent, according to Morningstar. Since 2005, the average expense of new funds has now jumped to over 0.6 percent, and some new exchange-traded products are charging over 1.0 percent in fees annually.

ETFs suddenly cost more than people...

Mastering Money 10/22/15

Oct 22, 2015

Wondering why interest rates on treasury bills and notes are staying so close to zero? It's all about the insatiable demand for U.S. demoninated debt from the nations of the world whose own currency is so unreliable, they need more of ours. For those borrowing money, low rates are a blessing. For savers, it is...

Mastering Money 10/21/15

Oct 21, 2015

The biggest landlords in the U.S. are being crushed under a mountain of packages, leading one large apartment operator to stop accepting deliveries and others to experiment with ways to minimize the clutter, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The moves are at the center of two colliding trends: an increase in...

Mastering Money 10/20/15

Oct 20, 2015

Is the cost of rising health insurance benefits hitting the big delivery companies? According to the Wall Street Journal, FedEx Corp. is raising its fuel surcharge for the second time this year, jolting e-commerce companies, retailers and other shippers with price increases just as they gear up for the make-or-break...

Mastering Money 10/19/15

Oct 19, 2015

Today, Tesla is a brand name for cars but over a hundred years ago the prolific inventor Nikola Tesla predicted “an inexpensive instrument, not bigger than a watch, [which] will enable its bearer to hear anywhere, on sea or land, music or song however distant.” They're available at the Apple Store and Bestbuy.

The...