investments

Investing: A good fund for your kids? Maybe a midcap

USATODAY.com Money - Waggoner  Thu, 01/26/2012 - 17:46

Good funds for child investments take many shapes, but often the best choice is midcaps.


 

Bucks Blog: Everyone Should Use the Overnight Test

NYT > Your Money  Fri, 01/06/2012 - 08:58

If someone accidentally sold all of your investments overnight, would you buy the same ones again in the morning?

If not, shouldn't you make changes now?


 

Wealth Matters: The Best Investing Advice? Maybe Not the Convent...

NYT > Your Money  Fri, 10/28/2011 - 14:29

DAL Investments studied 306 mutual funds and found that no one investment strategy outperformed the major indexes.


 

Foundations Increasingly Use Investment Assets to Achieve Their ...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:20

According to Key Facts on Mission Investing, one in seven foundations direct their assets to market-rate mission-related investments or below-market-rate program-related investments....


 

Bucks Blog: New Site Seeks to Analyze Investors' Appetite for Ri...

NYT > Your Money  Wed, 10/05/2011 - 09:51

Riskalyze aims to help you evaluate your risk tolerance for investments.


 

If U.S. defaults on debt: How to protect your investments

USATODAY.com Money - Waggoner  Thu, 07/14/2011 - 19:06

Investors want to know what to do with their investments as the government faces default on its debt.


 

Worried about inflation? Consider these investments

USATODAY.com Money - Waggoner  Thu, 12/09/2010 - 19:50

Inflation isn't an issue now, but if you think soaring prices may smack your portfolio, build one devoted to whipping inflation in the future.

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Bucks: A Few Financial Matters You Can Control

NYT > Your Money  Mon, 11/29/2010 - 15:51

You may not be able to predict the impact of quantitative easing, but you can work more, spend less and not chase silly investments.


 

Credit unions don't want too much money

Marketplace  Mon, 11/29/2010 - 14:52

Credit unions are struggling to get good returns on their investments, which means they're having a tough time paying interest on accounts.

Marketplace's Bob Moon reports.


 

Scary investments that can work

MSN Money Latest Articles  Tue, 10/19/2010 - 19:32

To juice up their returns in a go-nowhere market, some investors are embracing strategies that take them out of their comfort zones. Here are 4 ways you can, too.