It’s funny how so many great projects are sparked by the need to impress a girl… When I was 28 I was living in Ottawa, and I had a beautiful girlfriend who I was very serious about. She was a foreign student who came to my university from Japan, and…

Over the past decade, I’ve received dozens of e-mails from folks who write in to ask me: “Dan, is there a secret to finding great investments?” Well, it’s a difficult process… but the answer is yes. If you know what to look for, there’s a definite secret to finding what…

Down on William Street in my hometown of Stratford, Ontario, grand Victorian houses and emerald green lawns back on to the Avon river that cut the city in half. When the sun rose on a recent summer’s morning, a mist surrounded early morning strollers walking briskly on the banks, sidestepping the…

It sounds a bit cliché to say that you remember something… “like it was just yesterday” when that something actually happened nearly 25 years ago. But I really do. Not necessarily because it was so surprising (though indeed it was) but because it showed me still once again that when…

A Consumer Reports survey revealed that 86% of people who had wills or other estate documents had not updated them within the past five years. Out-of-date estate plans can wreak havoc on your family. Much can happen in five years. For instance, last year Congress made major changes to the…

Before Timothy Ferriss became famous for writing The 4-Hour Workweek, he won a martial arts championship in China. He also set a world record for tango dancing.He won the Chinese kickboxing contest by taking advantage of a loophole in the rules… he used his size to push his smaller opponents off…

Cornelius “The Commodore” Vanderbilt was the second wealthiest American ever. Adjusted for the size of the economy, he was estimated to be worth $143 billion in 2007 dollars. The only wealthier American was oil man John D. Rockefeller, who amassed a fortune of nearly $192 billion. Both men were wealthier…