Without knowing it, you may be buying goods from manufacturers who commit to being green and assisting their workers in moving from welfare to successful careers.

Buffett, Icahn, Soros. When it comes to successful investors, these three are the gold standard. Midas had nothing on these self-made billionaires.

$1 million in the stock market (Dow Jones Industrial) 10 years ago would be worth about $1.6 million today. Not too shabby; your investments gained more than 60 percent.