Traveling abroad for better returns
While there's no place like home, sometimes you have to get out of your own backyard -- and that includes investing. Impressive growth in emerging economies such as China and India will boost investments that p...
Market Wrap: Stocks End Sharply Lower; Energy Leads Drop
Richard Drew/APNEW YORK -- Stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday after hawkish comments from Janet Yellen boosted expectations of an interest rate hike, and oil fell below $40 a barrel.Investors also attributed...
Turbocharge Your Investing Returns by Understanding Luck
What if you could increase your investment returns more than 200% by simply understanding the role of luck versus skill in investing? If ever there was information the securities industry didn't want you to hav...
Will New Money-Market Fund Rules Endanger Your Cash?
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Ever since the financial crisis, regulators have worried about the safety of money-market mutual funds, where U.S. investors had $2.8 trillion parked as of last month. The Securities and Exchange ...
Why You’re 45% Poorer and What You Can Do About It
The average American consumer is 45% poorer because of the financial crisis, according to a survey released by the Federal Reserve. How did this happen? Consumers suffered losses due to the falling values of th...
AIG Looks to Speed Up Exit Plan
American International Group (AIG) is in talks with the government to accelerate its exit plan and repay U.S. taxpayers, thereby regaining its independence, according to , which cites unnamed sources.
During t...
Stocks in the News: BP, Apple, Genentech, Prudential, Oceaneering, Exxon Mobil
BP (BP) is finally seeing some success in capturing oil leaking from its damaged Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. The company said Monday that as of Friday the cap it attached to the top of the leaking wel...
Gold Demand Tumbles as Price Steadies
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Global gold demand declined sharply in the second quarter as prices steadied following exceptional circumstances in the same period of last year, according to t...
Wall Street This Week: Etsy Debuts, Intel Reviews
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From an arts and crafts marketplace going public to the top dog in microprocessors trying to overcome weakness in the PC market, here are some of the things that will help shape the week tha...
Robo-Advisers Can Reduce the Cost of Investing
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If you have recently researched investment management services, chances are that you have come across the term "robo-adviser."
Who are these robo-advisers and can you trust them with your fina...
U.S. Stock Markets Consider Opening on Wednesday
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Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stock exchanges are looking at opening on Wednesday after monster storm Sandy receded from New York, sources said, and the New York Stock Exchange is t...
AIG Earnings Hit by Massive Charges
Bailed-out insurance giant American International Group (AIG) said on Friday that it posted a third-quarter net loss of $2.4 billion, or $17.62 a share, as several large restructuring-charges totaling $4.5 bill...
Money Minute: Beef Prices Break the Bank; Vanguard Rakes In the Dough
The price of beef is near record highs, and it's likely to go still higher.
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While most food prices have increased only modestly, beef prices have soared 26 percent over the past five years. T...
High Nursing Home Bills Squeeze Insurers, Driving Rates Up
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NEW YORK -- Thirty years ago, insurance companies had the answer to the soaring cos...