Prices at the Pump Steady Over Past 2 Weeks

Ted S. Warren/AP NEW YORK -- The average price of a gallon of gasoline remained steady in the past two weeks, as price rises in several Midwest cities offset cuts in the West, according to the Lundberg surv...

The Worst Product Flops of 2012

There's been no shortage of successful product launches in 2012 -- think iPhone 5 and "The Avengers." But sometimes, no matter how many months a company invests in development or how many millions it spends on ...

High Fund Costs Can Devour Your Returns

A reader asks this question: "I stumbled across some information on Vanguard's Web site about what they call the 'Investing Truths.' One of them is about costs and shows that a 1.2% expense ratio would eat up 4...

Last Week’s Biggest Stock Movers

MikeKalasnik/Flickr Plenty of stocks go up and down in any given week. The gainers inspire us to keep investing. The decliners keep greed in check while reminding us about the risks of the equity markets. Le...