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(03-12-2010) Picks From The Gas Pipe
Natural gas has jumped higher from its lows, but companies that make money from it are still unloved.
(03-12-2010) Want A Bigger Tax Refund? Don't Itemize
Six reasons why many taxpayers can save money and time by claiming the standard deduction.
(03-12-2010) How To Make The Most Of Your 401(k)
Grab your employer match and beware all those high cost mutual funds.
(03-12-2010) It's Payout Time
When P/E ratios stay put, there are only ways to make money: earnings-per-share growth and dividend yields.
(03-12-2010) Credit Feast And Famine
Why isn't the economy booming? The Fed's high-powered money isn't going into bank deposits and loans to businesses and individuals.
(03-12-2010) Surviving Inflation
Some risks you should embrace, like stock market volatility. Some you should defend against, like rising prices.
(03-11-2010) Home-Equity Loans: What You Need To Know
Why do consumers decide to use this form of credit?
(03-11-2010) Six Steps To Stop Fighting Over Money
It's the top reason for divorce. Find out how to stop these disagreements.
(03-11-2010) Six Sectors Creating Jobs
While many industries are shedding jobs and fueling unemployment, these have been hiring.
(03-11-2010) Tax Credit For Homebuyers
What you need to know about claiming the $8,000 or $6,500 homebuyer's tax credit.
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(09-01-2006) Mexican Land And Canadian Gold
A successful amateur investor shares his strategies for capitalizing on the commodity bull market.
(09-01-2006) Shiny Gold Alloy
Goldcorp's buyout of Glamis signals that the gold bull has room to run. Look for more consolidation.
(09-01-2006) Oil Services Slump
Lingering optimism in the face of technical weakness is a big bearish omen for oil services stocks.
(08-28-2006) End Of The Bubble Bailouts
After stocks boomed and went bust, it's real estate's turn. But is there a new mania to save consumers?
(08-23-2006) Five Funds For The Next Leg Up
Stocks rebounded nicely in mid-July. If the rally continues, you might want to jump into one of these funds.
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(03-13-2010) Senate takes a stab at financial reform
The head of a key banking panel is expected Monday to release a draft bill of sweeping regulatory changes aimed at warding off future collapses in the financial system.
(03-13-2010) Is the Fed blowing bubbles?
Is the Federal Reserve forever blowing bubbles?
(03-12-2010) Yellen in line for Fed No. 2
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is the leading contender to be the next vice chairman of the central bank, a senior Obama administration official told CNN Friday.
(03-12-2010) Mortgage help: 170,000 get aid
More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.
(03-12-2010) Health care: Going from broken to broke
A few nights ago in the historic Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Mo., President Obama reassured a crowd of Senator Claire McCaskill supporters that health-care reform wouldn't just be good for their health, it would be good for the health of the country: "I said at the beginning of this thing we would not do anything that adds to our deficit," he said to the clapping audience. "This plan does not do anything to add to this deficit. And that's how we should be operating."
(03-12-2010) Exxon's growing reliance on expensive oil
Exxon Mobil outlined plans Thursday that rely heavily on oil from tough to reach places, extracting it from the depths of the ocean, the frozen Arctic and the tar sands in Canada's frozen tundra.
(03-12-2010) Give money to a jobless friend?
Dear Annie: I have a very close friend who's been out of work for almost a year now. He was my college roommate: I've known him for almost 20 years and, for about half that time, we worked at the same company. Then he got laid off. Last week one of my kids told me that my friend's youngest son missed out on a ski trip with the rest of his class because of the expense, even though the cost was minimal (to those of us with jobs).
(03-12-2010) Some nurses paid more than family doctors
Despite the growing shortage of family doctors in the United States, medical centers last year offered higher salaries and incentives to specialist nurses than to primary care doctors, according to an annual survey of physicians' salaries.
(03-12-2010) Trying to flunk banks out of college
President Obama has been waging a war with banks over who gets to dole out cheap student loans backed by the federal government.
(03-11-2010) Households recovering from economic freefall
The net worth of American households increased slightly during the final three months of 2009, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.
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(03-12-2010) Stocks hover at 18-month highs
Stocks ended little changed Friday, as investors welcomed a report that showed a surprise rise in retail sales, but showed caution as the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 lingered below 18-month highs.
(03-12-2010) 30-year rides auction wave
The 30-year bond continued to rise Friday, carrying over from a successful $13 billion government auction the day before. Other Treasurys remained relatively flat as investors look ahead to statements from the Fed next week.
(03-12-2010) Oil dips on gloomy consumer sentiment
Oil prices fell Friday, as a preliminary consumer sentiment report came in worse than expected, overshadowing a rosy government retail sales report and a weaker dollar.
(03-12-2010) Dollar hurt by weak consumer data
The dollar fell Friday against most major currencies except the yen as investors digested conflicting reports on retail sales and consumer confidence.
(03-11-2010) Long-term debt prices rise after auction
Long-term U.S. debt prices rose Thursday after a government auction of $13 billion in 30-year bonds.
(03-11-2010) Oil inches higher
Oil prices eked out gains Thursday, as the risk of an overheated Chinese economy and higher continuing jobless claims stifled traders.
(03-10-2010) Citi, AIG, Fannie and Freddie: The Not Fab 4
Investors had a funny way of commemorating the first anniversary of the market's bottom on Tuesday. They rewarded some of the stocks responsible for most of the problems in the first place.
(03-10-2010) Airline stocks take off
Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.
(03-10-2010) Treasurys dip as $21B auction sees big demand
Treasurys traded lower Wednesday as stocks advanced slightly and a government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes generated strong demand.
(02-25-2010) Market speaks: Health reform doesn't matter
If you believe the stock market, health care reform is a dead subject.
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