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To build or not to build your own portfolio?
29 April 2010, 1:57 pm - Question: Our retirement savings plan at work now offers several target-date retirement funds. I'm about 20 years from retirement, and I'm wondering whether I should consider one of these funds or try to keep a diversified portfolio on my own? -- Michael P., Chillicothe, Ohio

Spend less on a close shave
29 April 2010, 1:56 pm -

Ditching a $500,000 salary to teach lit
29 April 2010, 1:54 am - When Gary Buslik graduated from college with a degree in English, his parents were concerned about how he'd earn a decent living. "It worried them to hear me quoting Shakespeare," he jokes.

How to age-proof your career
28 April 2010, 8:05 am - At a company golf outing a few years ago, Michael Levine tried to rattle his 24-year-old colleague as he was about to putt by stealing a line from the 1980 movie "Caddyshack:" "Noonan!" he yelled, just as the caddies in the film did to disrupt a character on the green.

Main Street tries to get back into the stock market
27 April 2010, 10:36 am - Main Street investors have shrugged off stories about Wall Street trickery and absorbed brightening economic headlines to stage an ever-so subtle return to U.S. stocks. Until two weeks ago, mom-and-pop investors were buying U.S. equity funds in the steadiest fashion since late 2004, according to funds tracker EPFR Global. When you combine retail and institutional investors, money flowed into U.S. stock funds for eight out of nine weeks ending April 21.

Credit or debit? How to decide
27 April 2010, 1:27 am - The next time you reach for your wallet at the grocery store or the mall, chances are you'll whip out a debit card rather than a credit card. Since 2000, the number of debit payments has more than doubled, while the number of credit transactions has fallen by nearly half, according to bank card advisory firm R.K. Hammer.

Roth conversions: Beware the hype
26 April 2010, 5:27 am - Since the ban on converting to a Roth IRA by folks making more than $100,000 was lifted this year, the buzz surrounding conversions has been deafening.

How foreclosure impacts your credit score
23 April 2010, 5:09 am - If you're delinquent on your mortgage, your credit score will suffer. Everyone knows that. The question is, by how much?

Too much cash, not enough stocks
22 April 2010, 3:31 pm - The wrong investment mix is grounding the Nelsons' retirement dreams.

Bond investors are chasing the past
22 April 2010, 11:22 am - When Liz Ann Sonders declared last June that the recession was over, her call was met with widespread derision.