Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | 11:05 am ET Dec. 11, 2015 The implosion in energy prices has devastated many investors’ portfolios. If only it would also devastate old ways of thinking. As oil sank below $37 this past week, the share prices of dozens of energy limited partnerships were down at least 50% for the year. Many income-craving...
Read MoreDon’t Let Your Charitable Donation Go to Waste
Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | 2:14 pm ET Dec. 4, 2015 Give from the heart, but use your head. This past week, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced that over the rest of their lifetimes they would donate to charity 99% of their holdings of stock in the company, now worth $45 billion. They...
Read MoreHome Is Where the Heart Is, Not Where the Returns Are
Photo Credit: Jason Zweig By Jason Zweig | 12:54 pm ET Dec. 1, 2015 My Thanksgiving-weekend column meditating on the pleasures and sorrows of home ownership, “The Real Value of a Home,” drew remarkably diverse comments from readers. Several commenters raised points I would like to address. Poor Choice wrote: “…maybe there are such dramatic structural...
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