Retirement & College

How To Buy Life Insurance - Thu, 16 Dec 2010
The right policy depends on your age and your family's needs.

How To Make Your Money Last In Retirement - Fri, 29 Oct 2010
People are living longer and saving less. But there are ways to stretch out your dollars.

Four Tips For Picking The Best Credit Cards - Thu, 09 Sep 2010
How to evaluate interest rates, fees, rewards and convenience.

Kentucky Pension Agents Paid $12 Million To Drum Up Business - Thu, 12 Aug 2010
Controversial payments included $5 million to one middleman.

How To Be Debt-Free In 2011 - Wed, 04 Aug 2010
It's hard to think of Christmas when you're busy beating the summer heat, but now is the best time to prepare.

Taxes

How To Do Your Taxes On The Cheap - Tue, 01 Feb 2011
Software and Internet services cut the cost of completing your 1040. Free human help is available if you're broke.

When To File Your First Tax Return - Tue, 25 Jan 2011
The rules on when teens and new workers must start reporting to the IRS are surprisingly complicated.

Illinois Monster Tax Hike Kicks Off Dramatic State Budget Year - Thu, 13 Jan 2011
State deficits set to grow as federal aid disappears, but Republican gains should hold down tax hik

Amazon, CouponCabin Threaten As Illinois Moves To Tax Internet Sales - Fri, 07 Jan 2011
Legislature rushes through Internet sales tax bill modeled on New York's Amazon law. Gov. Pat Quinn

Nine Tips For Tax-Smart Charitable Giving - Thu, 02 Dec 2010
Keep good records, donate appreciated stock, and don't expect a tax deduction for volunteer work.

Mutual Funds

The Real Cost Of Owning A Mutual Fund - Mon, 04 Apr 2011
Few investors understand the total cost of a fund, including tax, transaction and advice fees.

Value Maven - Mon, 29 Nov 2010
Investors have been abandoning U.S. and European stocks in droves. Artisan International Value's David Samra is glad to snap up the leftovers.

Smart Moves With Target-Date Funds - Mon, 15 Nov 2010
Make target-date mutual funds work for you.

Funds For Jittery Times - Wed, 13 Oct 2010
The fund business is touting lots of products that claim to smooth out the market's bumps. Many are needlessly costly and complex.

You Can't Be Too Thin - Wed, 13 Oct 2010
The little guy rarely has the edge on Wall Street. Roger Ibbotson says thinly traded stocks are an exception.

ETFS

The Real Cost Of Owning A Mutual Fund - Mon, 04 Apr 2011
Few investors understand the total cost of a fund, including tax, transaction and advice fees.

Value Maven - Mon, 29 Nov 2010
Investors have been abandoning U.S. and European stocks in droves. Artisan International Value's David Samra is glad to snap up the leftovers.

Smart Moves With Target-Date Funds - Mon, 15 Nov 2010
Make target-date mutual funds work for you.

Funds For Jittery Times - Wed, 13 Oct 2010
The fund business is touting lots of products that claim to smooth out the market's bumps. Many are needlessly costly and complex.

You Can't Be Too Thin - Wed, 13 Oct 2010
The little guy rarely has the edge on Wall Street. Roger Ibbotson says thinly traded stocks are an exception.

Latest Headlines

Many American States And Municipalities Believe They Can Play Greek Games And Get Away With It - Sun, 20 May 2012
As if to demonstrate that there are no Third World countries, but only Third World governments, recent Greek governments have raised expectations and spent far more than they are capable of collecting as tax revenue. The corruption and economic stagnation that accompany the growth of any government's reach and power, untempered by respect for private ...

What JP Morgan Chase Forgot About 2008 - Sun, 20 May 2012
1.?? JP Morgan Chase?s chief investment office accumulated a huge bet? maybe $100 billion? in a so-called ?weapon of mass destruction??? (as in self-destruct) in a very risky credit default swap contract that was a bet on corporate credits improving despite a soft economy? a kissing cousin to the credit default swaps in mortgage backed ...

A Diamond Or A Rembrandt? - Sun, 20 May 2012
Which is the better buy: a fabulous, world-class diamond ? or a Dutch Old Master painting? In the wake of last week?s $9.57 million Sotheby?s Geneva sale of the ?legendary? Beau Sancy diamond ? a stone whose history embraces royal passions and the honor of empires ? renegade Rembrandt scholar Schwartz provides a simple analysis ...

Post Wedding Update: Zuck Ups Privacy Settings; No More Views of Toy Puppy - Sun, 20 May 2012
Update: CEO Zuckerberg ups privacy settings on page, photo above no longer available for non-friend view on his page. , CEO of married his long-time girlfriend, Pricilla Chan at his home in Palo Alto, Saturday in a private affair. Guests thought they were celebrating Chan's graduation from medical school and were stunned to learn the ...

What Is Energy? - Sun, 20 May 2012
We need to know what energy is so we can choose the right mix

BankRate

What the Fed said: A translation - Wed, 30 Sep 2009
Here is a translation of the Federal Reserve's surprise rate policy statement.