Speaking of money, if you can't make lots of it, you can at least read about those who do. This summer there are a number of books about the rich. There's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," about what the ...

Even after more than a decade of observing and studying the high net worth, working on this issue has brought to light just how different these individuals are from the rest of the population. In lieu ...

It sure is a great time to be a financial advisor. Consider this: Since 1995, the number of millionaire households in the U.S. has more than doubled. Never before had so many Americans become so rich, ...

On assignment in Fort Lauderdale several years ago, Wall Street Journal wealth reporter Robert Frank strolled through Bahia Mar Marina during an annual yacht convention—a “weeklong celebration of ...

It’s a land where butlers make six-figure salaries because demand is so high, and where super-rich kids learn how to manage wealth by applying cost-benefit analysis to a lemonade stand. Robert Frank ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Four years ago Robert Frank, a journalist, wrote a fascinating account of America’s elite entitled Richistan.

At the beginning of 2009, the rich looked doomed. The population of U.S. millionaires shrunk more than 15% in 2008. With Lehman Brothers Holdings having collapsed, 2009 was shaping up to be even worse ...

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Tattered Cover at 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank will read from Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of ...

OK, we weren’t actually able to call it the Richistan Index. But with help from me and Money & Investing Editor Ken Brown, Dow Jones has launched a new way to track the economy of the wealthy. It’s ...