Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you were to look just at second-quarter numbers in the stock market, you would think investors would be jumping for joy all over the place. Diversified U.S. equities mutual funds had their biggest three-month run-up since back in the days of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. Ah, the happiness 20% returns can bring.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A dieter’s commitment to weight loss can sometimes be linked to how much money he or she is willing to spend.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
T. Rowe Price introduced its new Large-Cap Core Fund this week. MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe says there's no need for investors to jump in just yet.
Consumerism Commentary (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Landlords with rental properties in prime central London have seen their return slip below 4 per cent for the first time in nearly two years, according to the latest data from Knight Frank, the estate agent.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Fixed-rate savers who have been earning 7 per cent-plus for the past year are set for an inevitable drop in cash returns as existing deals mature
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Wealthy pensioners are being presented with new opportunities to pass on pension assets to heirs in a tax-efficient manner
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
UK investors who put money into Keydata's Secure Income Bonds 1, 2 and 3 have to wait before discovering if they are eligible for compensation
CXO Advisory (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Evidence from many studies indicates that confirmation bias is substantial, with defensiveness outweighing desire for accuracy in driving a preference for confirming over disconfirming information. Individual investors may want to counteract this bias by doubling efforts to consider information in conflict with their beliefs.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
With an array of undone money tasks ever multiplying, it’s worth 10 or 12 hours’ work to clear the books, and it can be lucrative, too.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Philanthropy is not only for the wealthy. You can bring children into the fold by letting them figure out how they would like to contribute.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
New research found that more than 25% of mortgage loan defaults are strategic -- that is, a quarter of homeowners who default on their mortgages are walking away from their homes even if they can afford to make their payments.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
A friend of mine asked me about homesteading as a way to keep credit-card companies and other creditors from placing liens against someone's home.
Consumerism Commentary (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Businesses are hoping to get more bargaining power when it comes to how much they are charged to accept credit and debit card purchases. The Credit Card Fair Fee Act (read the whole bill), was reintroduced this year and is now being discussed in Congressional committees. I first heard about it when I was buying an [...] The Consumerism Commentary Podcast is in full swing with new episodes every Sunday....
Get Rich Slowly (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
I’ve written a lot lately about finding balance. It’s important to save for the future, but how do you balance that with enjoying today? Each of us has to address that question in our own way. A reader named Max wrote to share his own dilemma: I’ve been working as a web designer since I was [...]
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