Interesting article about what makes investors tick from MorningstarAdvisor , a U.S. publication that offers practice management and business building advice to financial advisors. For months now, people have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that reveals… Continue Reading
In keeping with the tone of the times, U.S. regulators have introduced consumer-friendly new rules for credit card issuers: as of July 2010, issuers can only raise interest rates on new cards and future purchases, but can’t jack up the… Continue Reading
When a friend told me that 2009 was the year she was determined to get a handle on her finances, I sympathized. I, too, am trying to save more and spend my money more wisely. At a potluck dinner I… Continue Reading
With the stocks trading at multi-year lows, somebody must be thinking of getting back in. But, if you’re going the fund route rather than buying individual stocks, you may want to hold off just a bit longer. Fund companies will… Continue Reading
At 27 and world! still fresh in my career, willkommen my financial position can be summed up as “month-to-month.” I don’t have a money-making portfolio (does anybody these days?) and certainly can’t tell you what stocks to buy now or… Continue Reading