Forbes Video: How YOLO Destroys Your Finance$

By SIMON CONSTABLE

If you didn't already know it, YOLO is an acronym which stands for You Only Live Once. While that is certainly true, it is also associated with a spendthrift attitude, which is probably best summed up with the phrase "spend now and worry later."

The problem with following that path is multifaceted, not least of which because all debts eventually come due. Worse still, it could destroy your financial future.

Nicole Slavitt, CEO of financial services firm Kapitall, explains how to approach your money. Read more here.

Forbes Video: Why Your Pet Needs A Disaster Plan Too

By SIMON CONSTABLE

We are now entering tornado season and that means you may need to leave your home in a hurry. Not only do you need a plan of what to do and take for yourself and your family. But you also need one for your pets.

Put simply, if you need to leave, then so do your dogs and cats. And you need to take the stuff you need for them along with you.

Joel Lopez, ASPCA, director of planning & field ops, explains. Read more here. 

Forbes Video: Time To Short Consumer Staples

By SIMON CONSTABLE

When investors get nervous about the market, but still want to hold stocks, they frequently hold shares of consumer staples companies. These are the firms that produce the items that you need to buy month-in-month-out, such as shampoo, soap, and toothpaste.

Such companies aren't necessarily the fastest growing, but they are typically very predictable and often pay good dividends.

Unfortunately, that is only the case usually. It isn't that way now. In fact, such companies are now so overvalued that investors should consider shorting, or selling borrowed shares in the hope of profiting from a fall in the price, says Adam Johnson, founder and author of Bullseye Brief. Read more here.

Forbes Video: 5 Foods That Will Kill Your Pet

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Who doesn't love chocolate ice-cream and raisins and a glass of wine? 

Even if you do, there are some things that you must not give to your four-legged friends, however much they may try to 'persuade' you otherwise. 

Why? It's because certain foods that will kill them.

Joey Teixeira, senior manager, ASPCA Adoption Center, and his dog Mervin, explain what you need to do. Read more here.

Forbes Video: What's Really Making Amazon A Buy

By SIMON CONSTABLE

We all think we know Amazon, but do we really.

Everyone I know has at least purchased a book from the website. That's how the business started 20 years ago. There are of course many other things available on the site now, and often at better prices than in the high street.

But that isn't where the bulk of the profits are coming from, nor is it likely to be where the earnings growth for the company will be.

Adam Johnson, founder and author of Bullseye Brief explains in what you need to know about the Amazon that you don't know in this video.

Forbes Video: If You Drill Deep There's Value In Oil Stocks

By SIMON CONSTABLE

When a stock market sector gets hammered there can be great value to be found. Take for instance the oil industry, where plunging crude prices has sent investors fleeing anything associated with the energy patch over the past year.

Investors didn't wait to find out whether or specific companies would be safe or not, they simply dumped everything.

Even though crude prices are still half what they were two years ago there are still some great value stocks to buy in the field. Adam Johnson, founder and author of Bullseye Brief explains why. Read more here.

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Forbes Video: Buy Gold To Protect From Fed Snafus

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The banking world is now awash with easy money as the Federal Reserve and other central banks try to revive global economic growth. Interest rates in some countries are below zero, and the Federal Reserve has been exceptionally cautious in raising the cost of borrowing inside the United States.

In short, its yet another year of economic doldrums.

Not surprisingly, that worries some people. One error from the U.S. central bank could cause serious problems for the financial system, says Stephen 'Sarge' Guilfoyle, managing director at Deep Value Execution Services NYSE. Read more here.

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