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Lower rates on 15-year mortgages are presenting an attractive option: Trading in 30-year loans for shorter versions.

With a 3-D revolution under way, a blasé May has turned Hollywood stocks into blockbuster buys. The low numbers may also mean the economy is getting healthier.

With the economic road uncertain, it's a good time to shift some money into defensive stocks -- makers of toilet paper, razors and other things you'll use no matter what.

With Congress having passed an expensive new health care plan, it is a good time to ask whether our political system is capable of undertaking major entitlement and tax reform to put the nation on a sustainable fiscal path.

Although technology had a rough January, it was last year's hottest sector. The recent pullback, along with 3 other key factors, makes this a good time to get back in.

With mortgage rates hitting record lows and a government program offering help, it may be time to think about refinancing.

A Commerce Department report says housing construction rose in August, but the building of single-family homes fell.

Jeff Tyler reports on why anyone is building at all.

Mortgage applications are up across the country, but that's mostly benefiting people who own a home and have decent credit.

People are taking advantage of the historically low rates to refinance, though. As Bob Moon reports, it may be a good time for homeowners to think about refinancing.

With the inflation rate rising and the stock market shaky, even the most optimistic investors are finding it hard to be cheerful.

Unless, that is, they own inflation-adjusted Savings Bonds, or I Bonds.