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Protect Yourself from Job-Stealing Robots With This Cash-Boosting Alternative Asset (Hint: It's Not Gold.) A recent study predicts that up to 80% of jobs in the world today could be replaced by robots by 2050. Yes, investors, job-stealing robots are coming. Even white-collar jobs in legal, medical, education, and business [.. .]

This alternative asset offers a huge boost and much-needed diversification to your portfolio. Looking for the perfect cash-boosting asset to add to your portfolio? If you’re watching CNBC or reading the Wall Street Journal, you won't hear about this. Instead, you're hearing a lot about OPEC today. Following news that [.. .]

Music industry eyes changes to royalty agreements, copyright monitoring on world's largest video site. Ordinary people have found innovative ways to make money on YouTube since its founding just eleven years ago. Traditionally, web entrepreneurs make money on YouTube by posting their activities on the site or to their custom [.. .]

The JOBS Act may have been passed in 2012, but Title III - one of the sections with the biggest impact - goes into effect on Monday. Beginning May 16th, regular investors will be able to buy shares of small businesses using crowdfunding portals. Until now, only wealthy investors (so [.. .]

A renaissance for royalties? It’s been a long time coming, but digital and streaming music sales finally sped past physical sales last year to become the single-largest source of revenue in the recorded music business. Digital sales now make up 45 percent of sales, leapfrogging physical sales at 39 percent [.. .]

Imagine getting paid every single year for something you did in 45 minutes when you were 19 years old? In July 1945, Melvin Howard Torme, a composer, walked into the house of his writing partner Bob Wells. Torme called out for his collaborator but received no answer. He wandered [.. .]

Traditional annuities are boring investments. The "magic" seems to happen behind the curtain. You pay upfront for a benefit you'll receive sometime in the future. Then it's all up to the insurance company. They make investments into things you'll never see or hear. Your statement is merely an assurance that [.. .]

Volatility has become the norm this year when it comes to investment performance. Oil prices remain anemic, selling for less than $40 a barrel — or about as much as it cost to fill car just a couple of years ago. Emerging markets — led by China — continue to [.. .]