How to Get Back on Track The bear market has zapped many retirement plans. What to do now? By Mike McMamee The signs are everywhere. Employees letting their 401(k) statements pile up unopened, afraid of the bad news inside. Anxious execs watching their company stock…
The stock markets are stormy, and recent economic data adds more clouds on the investing landscape. The one clear part of this picture is that the economy is slowing. But it is time to mention the “R” word? We’re talking about recession — in other…
Though market indices have been hitting record lows for the year, one area is seeing new highs: mergers and acquisitions. So far in 2000, around $1.65 trillion worth of merger and acquisition deals have been announced, according to Thomson Financial Securities Data. That’s a record,…
If you think the high cost of oil is hurting you only at the pump and in the airline stocks in your portfolio, think again. Oil prices hit a 10-year high of $38 a barrel Wednesday, prompting Vice President Al Gore to urge President Clinton…
San Francisco, CA, USA — It is not too late. Those are five words that apply to most of us when it comes to saving for our retirement. Joe Ducey reports on how we should invest now in order to build a comfortable retirement. It…
Every Tuesday Stock options, once the province of the corner-office crowd, are becoming as common as paid vacations at many companies. Midlevel workers are going home at night with a fistful of stock options and a head full of dreams. But before you get carried…
By TIM TOWNSEND Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Maybe you’re a procrastinator, or maybe you just worry about money. Either way, you have that uneasy feeling that, with the end of the year looming, you should be doing something about your finances. Well,…
By Sandra Block FINAL EDITION Section: MONEY Page 3B If you’ve ever been stuck on an Amtrak train that has run out of sandwiches, you may have difficulty imagining a time when railways were heralded as an innovation that would forever change the way we…
3:28 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — So where does Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who knows more about the economy than almost anybody, put his own money? No irrational exuberance for him. He shuns the stock market for the safest investment of all — short-term Treasury…