The Top 5 Most Expensive Counties for Car Insurance in New York State
Ever wondered how the place you live influences your car insurance premiums? In New York, your ZIP Code may be a particularly important factor in determining what you pay —…
John Kuo
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Interest in Life Insurance Increases With More Education
As Americans better understand the benefits of life insurance, the more they’re willing to pay for it according to a recent Allianz Life study. Only 4% of Americans ranked access…
Missed Opportunities: Islamic Finance in America
Many Americans have only the faintest notion of Islamic finance. An obvious reason is that “Islam”is a loaded term in the United States (some might argue “finance” is as well).…
Does Your Lyft Driver Have Car Insurance?
Before hopping into a ridesharing car or becoming a driver yourself, you might want to ask yourself: What happens if I get in an accident? Does Uber have me covered? Do…
Mutual Fund 12b-1 Fees Explained (Expert FAQ)
When choosing a mutual fund, you should first analyze its expense ratio. The costs of owning a fund are called the expense ratio, and one potential cost comes from 12b-1…
What Do Brad Pitt and R&D Spending Have in Common?
In Moneyball, Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s General Manager who helped revolutionize baseball statistics. Beane and his team of baseball statisticians believed traditional statistics such as batting…
Can the Department of Labor Clean up Financial Planning?
Planning for retirement is complicated. When planning for retirement, people are oftentimes confused about the difference between brokers and independent investment advisers. But with changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security…
How Should Government Regulate The Sharing Economy?
Lyft and UberX, peer-to-peer ridesharing services, began operating in the Twin Cities this month, but only in St. Paul. They are avoiding the Twin Cities’ other half because if they…
How Do You Evaluate Impact Investments?
Before making investments, Accion considers both an investment’s potential social impact through financial inclusion and its ability to generate financial returns. Like all impact investors, Accion, which seeks to build…
Real-World Applications of Behavioral Finance
Humans are not robots. Emotion and other illogical factors often influence our decisions. For example, you might know someone who invests in Facebook just because everyone he knows uses it.…
