Investment

Budget Battles

  • How the Safest Investments for Retirees Went Wrong

    By Jennifer Johnson, The Fiscal Times

    The Federal Reserve has kept core interest rates near zero since December 2008 in an effort to spur borrowing and overall economic growth, but that policy is hurting the nation’s retirees. Here are...

  • Schapiro Comes Up Short on SEC Money Fund Reform

    By Reuters

    A bid by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro to impose extra rules on the $2.4 trillion U.S. money market mutual funds industry has been blocked by a majority of the commission's...

  • Wall Street Week Ahead: All Eyes on Fed (Again)

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    The S&P 500 tortoise continues to beat the skeptics. In the absence of data or policy catalysts and with the S&P 500 near four-year highs, market participants are hoping technical indicators...

  • Balancing Investments as Multiple Tax Hikes Loom

    By Mark Miller, Reuters

    Washington's fiscal cliff offers a tax hike for just about everyone to hate. If Democrats and Republicans can't strike a deal on an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts by the end of the year, tax...

  • 5 Companies That Make Money and a Difference

    By BRENT FREEMAN, Inc.com

    A new generation of consumers, influencers, and entrepreneurs has come of age, and its outlook on doing business is revolutionary. Millions of children born between 1980 and 2000, commonly known as...