If you had $30,000 to spend on a used car, your options would include a 2024 Honda Accord and a 2022 BMW 530i sedan. Tell me honestly, which would you prefer? Ah, but you know it’s a trick question. Sure, the BMW seems like it would be a lot more fun to drive....

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives (Washington Post, via MSN—h/t to Jacob at The Root of All). The quest for more is an integral part of our consumer culture, but is more always better?...

Doesn’t that headline describe so many aspects of life? Want to lose weight? Move more and eat less. Simple, but not at all easy. Investing is like that, too. There are certain foundational, relatively simple steps involved in developing and implementing a good...