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- Soaring oil prices get lost among market's problems
NEW YORK – Preoccupied the last few months with shrinking credit and a slumping economy, Wall Street has all but ignored the relentless rise in oil prices that has taken a barrel of crude to a once-unthinkable $106.
- Applying to a 'best' company
An economic downturn is no deterrent for the top companies when it comes to scouting for fresh talent. If you have your sights set on working for one of them, it pays to be persistent and prepared.
- GETTING GOING
Try these four tricks to hook kids on saving
Want to make sure your children grow up to be money-smart adults? Check out these four experiments. Try these tricks on your kids, talk to them about the lessons to be learned – and then quietly muse about whether you, too, fall prey to these financial traps.
- The $100 billion question: Can you beat the market?
Investors collectively spend about $100 billion a year trying to beat the stock market. That's the finding of a rigorous effort to measure the total cost of Americans' efforts to surpass the returns they would have received by simply holding a stock index fund. The huge price tag helps explain why beating a buy-and-hold strategy is so difficult.
- Does not compute
Those online retirement calculators are handy and dandy. Pop in a few numbers and they tell you whether you're on track for the retirement of your dreams ... or, more likely, that there's been a serious derailment.
- ASK ENCORE FOCUS ON RETIREMENT
Converting IRA to Roth contains a few catches
If your income limit is too high to contribute to a Roth IRA, would it make sense to contribute to a nondeductible traditional IRA?
- Every new investment strategy has risks
With uncertainty building over where the economy is headed, some investors are jumping into new strategies hoping to ride out some of Wall Street's gyrations. But while exploring different corners of the market can reap benefits, no place is free from some amount of risk.
- Credit-score changes help renters improve ratings
Renting instead of owning your home may seem like flushing money down the drain, but paying that expense and other bills on time can help you build credit if your current score doesn't qualify you for a mortgage.
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