Flipboard 2025 Investing

When someone says “the rich control the market,” they’re tapping into a real frustration. Wealth in the U.S. is highly concentrated, and richer households do own a much larger share of stocks than everyone else. That can make investing look like a rigged game where ordinary people are just along for the ride. But the bigger question is whether that makes investing pointless for everyone else, and the evidence says no.

Selling your house is stressful enough without your neighbors scaring away potential buyers.

Found a safe cemented into your home’s foundation? Learn who owns the contents and what to do if you uncover something valuable—or dangerous—inside.

You’ve probably heard it before: pre-1964 coins are made of silver and worth way more than their face value. Sure, it sounds like one of those “too good to be true” money myths, but this one...well, this one actually has some truth to it. The real question is how much and which coins actually matter.

When markets feel shaky, gold suddenly starts sounding like the answer to everything. It has a long history, it feels tangible, and it tends to get attention whenever inflation, recessions, or geopolitical stress are in the news. That’s probably why your friend is so confident about it right now. But “the only way” to protect your money is a much bigger claim than the evidence supports.

If your friend says the stock market is pointless unless you have insider information, they are tapping into a very old fear. But the key question is not whether markets are perfectly fair, because they are not, but whether regular people can still build wealth without cheating.

Almost everyone knows someone who claims they make easy money day trading. The pitch is usually irresistible because it promises freedom, fast cash, and a way out of the daily grind. But when someone will not show verified results, that is the first clue to slow down and ask harder questions.

You were all set to move into your new house, but the closing date came and went and the seller is still living in the house. Now what?

If the previous owner of your house keeps coming by for unwanted visits, you need to take action quickly.

We review the reasons why it's standard practice at a real estate showing for the seller to be absent.

Taking out a $20,000 loan to buy NFTs once seemed like a calculated risk in a booming digital market. Now those tokens are effectively worthless, leaving the borrower with debt and few options. The central question becomes whether this financial loss can be realized and claimed as a capital loss, typically requiring a sale or proof of worthlessness/abandonment under IRS rules. NFTs sit at the intersection of emerging technology and established financial law, creating uncertainty about how losses are treated. Traditional lending rules still apply to the loan, yet digital assets operate in volatile markets with evolving regulations. The tension between innovation and established legal frameworks makes recovery complicated.

A competitive housing market means there's always a chance you can get outbid at the last minute.