When I Propose, I'll Have Some Financial Proposals, Too
Filed under: Life Stage Lessons Alamy Every one of us has had "aha! moments." Epiphanies. Days when we reach a crossroads and realize that we have to make some changes. For the next two months, we're...
View ArticleThere's a New Way to Tap Your Home Equity - Before It Exists
Filed under: Real Estate, Housing Market, Alternative Investment, Home Equity Loans, Financial Education Getty Images Home equity loans and home equity lines of credit can be invaluable wealth-creation...
View ArticleHoliday Shopping Nightmares: 5 Scams You Must Beware Of
Filed under: Consumer Ally, Consumer Protection, Ripoffs & Scams shutterstock If the prospect of holiday shopping isn't enough to scare you, imagine how awful it will be if, in addition to all the...
View ArticleHow Savvy Active Investors Should Handle Black Friday
Filed under: Wall Street Watch, Securities, Stocks, Historical Stock Prices, Investing Alamy Last year, Americans spent $57.4 billion on Black Friday weekend sales (counted as running Thanksgiving...
View ArticleGlobal Watchdogs Fine Big Banks Billions in Forex Probe
Filed under: Financial Reform, European Union, U.S. Government, Banks, World Markets Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images By DANICA KIRKA and MARCY GORDON LONDON -- U.S., British and Swiss...
View ArticleWalmart to Make Black Friday a 5-Day Event
Filed under: Black Friday, Retail, Holiday Shopping, Consumer Issues, Deals Robyn Beck, AFP/Getty ImagesShoppers consider televisions for sale at the Walmart in Los Angeles on Black Friday last year....
View ArticleDillard's Department Store To Girls: Don't Be Fat, Be Rich
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View ArticleAs Rates Tick Up, Applications for New Mortgages Fall
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Real Estate, Home Buying, Interest Rates Getty Images By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week as interest rates...
View ArticleMacy's 3Q Profit Tops Street Forecasts, Cuts 2014 Outlook
Filed under: Company News, Macy's, Earnings, Retail, Stocks Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Macy's (M) reported a 23 percent increase in its fiscal third quarter earnings as...
View ArticleWhen Will 3-D Printing Firms Start Printing Cash for Investors?
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Market News, Industry News, Investing www.3dsystems.com One of the coolest industries to emerge in recent years is 3-D printing. The ability to create physical...
View ArticleWholesale Inventories Rise Modestly in September
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Economic Recovery, Manufacturing, This Built America Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Jason Lange WASHINGTON -- U.S. wholesale inventories rose more...
View ArticleNew Holiday Shopping Warning: Beware of Men in Parking Lots
Filed under: Holiday Shopping, Auto Insurance simonkr All those jokes about women drivers need an overhaul. At least when it comes to parking, men are the true terrors of the lot. Chances are that if...
View ArticleWalmart Urges Improvement at U.S. Stores in 'Urgent' Memo
Filed under: Company News, Retail, Shopping, Wal-Mart, Stores Sarah Bentham/AP By Devika Krishna Kumar and Nayan Das Walmart Stores (WMT) issued an "urgent agenda" memo to its store managers across the...
View ArticleThe Little-Known Retirement Match You Can't Afford to Miss
Filed under: Retirement, Retirement Plans, 401K, IRA, Tax Credits jupiterimages To give people an incentive to boost their retirement savings, many employers offer matching contributions for 401(k)...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt a Rapidly Growing Burden for Affluent Grads
Filed under: Student Loans, College, Planning, Financial Education skynesher More than two out of three college graduates now leave school with student loan debt. And the debt they carry out of school...
View ArticleAir Apparent: America Outpaces China, Germany in Wind Power
Filed under: Energy, This Built America Getty Images By Nicholas Duva Climate-conscious Americans have long glanced enviously across the Pacific to China and its ever-growing number of often-gargantuan...
View ArticleDisappointing View on Global Growth Outlook for 2015 (And Beyond)
Filed under: EconomyThe Conference Board Global Economic Outlook released its output growth projections for the coming years. World economic growth is currently pegged at 3.2% for 2014 and is looking...
View ArticleUnilever Sues Just Mayo, Claims Spread Isn't Real Mayonnaise
Filed under: Shopping, Food & Beverage Left: AP/Eric Risberg; Right: Alamy For years, the main combatants in the Great Mayo Wars have been Hellmann's, Miracle Whip and maybe Duke's. But the...
View ArticleHappy Days for Investors with a String of Record Highs
Filed under: Market News, Wall Street Watch, Stocks, Stock Markets, Investing Gregory James Van Raalte/Shutterstock It was just a month ago that stock investors, analysts and yes, reporters, were...
View ArticleMarket Wrap: Stocks Edge Slightly Lower After 5 Record Highs
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, U.S. Government, Banks, World Markets AP/Richard Drew By MATTHEW CRAFT NEW YORK -- Big banks weighed on the stock market Wednesday, tugging major indexes back from...
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