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Hough: Numbers psychology can help lure buyers, a study suggests. Read More »
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VIDEO: Marc Heilweil, of the Marathon Value Portfolio Fund, on volatility. Read More »
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Invest in international fund shares? Don't pay the IRS any more than necessary. Read More »
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ELECTRIC-UTILITY STOCKS may lack sizzle, but many sport attractively low price-earnings multiples and offer ample dividend yields.Regulated utilities now trade for an average of 12 times projected 2009 profits, a sharp discount to the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, which, at around 1040, fetches around 17 times this year's anticipated profits. Based on 2010 earnings estimates, the utiliti Read More »
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Even if banks are rebounding, most investors can avoid these funds. Read More »
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Plus: Recent earnings are a wash; too early to call iPad a success. Read More »
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Cost savings are on top of any business owner’s mind these days. And even if the business is doing so well that you need to expand your staff, you may be terrified of all the obligations that go along with hiring a full-time employee. I don’t blame you.One solution: Hire an independent contractor.Unfortunately, the government hates the idea of independent contractors and the IRS has b Read More »
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As the lousy economy makes large homes tough to maintain—and the tight credit market makes them even tougher to sell—the rules for remodeling are undergoing their own extreme makeover.Tacking on square footage with imposing entry halls and drafty great rooms? No longer an instant value-add. Covet those popular restaurant-size appliances and 70-inch soaking tubs? They’re giving w Read More »
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1. “You’re paying for prestige, not taste.”Cruise the aisle of your local wine store. Take in the various vintages, and imagine the taste of a fine old Bordeaux on your palate. But before you grab that special bottle, notice the dizzying degree to which wine prices can vary, even for offerings that seem extraordinarily similar. Take, for instance, bottles of Mondavi Pinot Noir 1 Read More »
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The banks were too big to fail. The auto industry, with its 3 million jobs, couldn't be left to die. But what about the sheep? The folks at the American Sheep Industry Association, which represents more than 70,000 sheep and lamb producers, recently asked the Feds to help it through the recession by making a $2 million "meat purchase."And why not? According to the association's own analysis, shee Read More »
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1. “I’m a CEO first and a health-care professional second.”With 46 million uninsured Americans and major health care reform possibly ahead, the roughly 5,000 CEOs at U.S. community hospitals aren’t in an enviable position. In the 1980s, almost all hospital heads held advanced degrees in health administration, but the American College of Healthcare Executives says more than Read More »
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This week the heart of the first quarter earnings season starts to report its numbers. While the results during the next few weeks are widely expected to be dismal — at the conclusion it should be the seventh consecutive quarter of negative earnings growth — many investors are looking for signs in the corporate releases that show this 12-week period represents the low point in the eco Read More »
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To the surprise of just about everyone, sales of LCD flat-panel televisions have stayed healthy around the world amid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. February unit sales of LCD, or liquid-crystal-display, TVs rose 39% in the U.S. from the year-earlier period, according to the consumer research outfit NPD Group. Sales in Japan rose 30% year over year. Europe posted a 49% ga Read More »
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News at a GlancePrivate Sector Slammed: ADP report shows record job loss.Bad Omen: Stock futures fall on data, auto concerns.No Deal: M&A industry battered during first quarter.Across the Pond: Obama, Brown call for global bank reform.The LowdownEven as the world's top finance ministers began gathering overseas for the G20 meeting, traders remained focused on the troubled U.S. auto sector and Read More »
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The best way to invest money in stocks or stock mutual funds, financial advisors like to say, is “dollar cost averaging.” That means adding money a little at a time in equal amounts.Mathematically, the advisors are wrong. Averaging will probably cost you more money than you save. Yes, your equal payments will buy more shares when prices are low and fewer when prices are high, thereby Read More »
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As if decimated portfolios weren’t hard enough on investors, a new study released Tuesday indicates that even before the crash, a far higher percentage of folks were at risk for not having enough money for retirement than previously predicted. The study from Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research revises what’s known as the “retirement risk index” — ba Read More »
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News at a GlanceHousing Woes: Case-Shiller Index missed consensus in Jan.Small Rebound: Major indexes lean positive after losses.Manufacturing Slows: Chicago PMI missed the mark in March.Mile-High Wi-Fi: American Airlines expands Internet service.The LowdownA day after Washington's smackdown of Detroit left equities in a deep hole, traders went bargain-hunting.Stocks were higher Tuesday, recoveri Read More »
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News | stocks rise traders tap brakes selloff market update
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The dollar is going to lose value. We know that for sure, just as we know stocks will go up. What we don’t know is how much value the dollar will lose and how soon, and whether it will gain briefly before it loses long term.Scarce things become expensive and plentiful things become cheap. The dollar is valuable only because the U.S. government guarantees it can be used for things like pa Read More »
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Market Wrap-UpA raucous trading week saw a 500-point rally, new details from the Treasury on plans to rescue the financial-services sector and some economic and corporate data that were mixed but seemed to indicate some positives if investors looked hard enough. The week ended with a bit of profit taking as the first quarter draws to a close Tuesday. Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read More »
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News at a GlanceMr. Pandit Goes to Washington: Obama to meet with banks.Rally Stalls: Dow drops 100+ in morning trading Friday.Thinner Wallets: Personal income declined in February.Let's Make a Deal: Morgan Stanley tops Q1 M&A rankings.The LowdownThe market stands at the edge of a week in the black even as traders turned bearish early Friday.Stocks were lower in early trading, as traders frow Read More »
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BARACK OBAMA HAS A VISION: a million electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. If that dream becomes a reality, it could be good news for Ener1 (HEV), a small New York City-based manufacturer of electric-car batteries. Ener1, which has manufacturing facilities in Indiana and Korea, is a publicly traded pure-play maker of electric-vehicle batteries in the U.S., and even boasts a killer Nasdaq ticke Read More »
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News at a GlanceGrowth Surprise: Q4 GDP revision better than expected.Rally Continues: Major indexes advance on data.Tough Sell: European AIG execs reluctant to return bonuses.Regulatory Reform: Geithner calls for new set of eyes on finance.The LowdownA surprisingly rosy reading on economic growth and a strong Treasury sale left Wall Street headed toward its fourth day of gains in the last three Read More »
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News | major indexes close big weekly gains market update
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You probably already know about the controversial bonuses at AIG. But what about the compensation being doled out at companies you care about like your employer or your investments?Now that many big corporations are gearing up for their annual shareholder meetings, you've got a chance to see all of the other perks and payments top executives received last year — from thousands of Read More »
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Stocks gained Wednesday, mustering up a late-session rally after a choppy session that helped push the S&P 500's two-week gains to 20%. Read More »
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News | wall street manages gains
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Oil ends lower

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Oil prices remained lower but recovered some losses Wednesday after positive economic data and the Treasury Department's bad-bank plan outweighed a mixed inventory report. Read More »
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