Imagine two coworkers, both 30, both earning the same salary. One spends a weekend reading forums, picking hot stocks, and checking prices during lunch. The other sets up a single automatic transfer i...

The first time a friend told me she "just bought the whole market," I thought she was joking. You can't buy everything, I said. It turns out you nearly can — for a few dollars, in about the time it ta...

It usually starts with a nagging feeling. You've finally built up a little cushion in your savings account, the interest is basically a rounding error, and someone at work mentions they "just put ever...
