By Chris Pummer SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — So your mortgage payment just ratcheted upward or an unforeseen event has shot the heart out of your finances. Don’t succumb to money melancholy just yet. In the grand scheme, you may have serious credit problems you…
But Many of Latest Offerings Stretch Definition of ‘Index’; Warnings of Increased Risks By ELEANOR LAISE January 30, 2007; Page B11 Index-fund investors, known to take a hands-off approach to their money, are now being asked to make some big decisions — and possibly take on more…
CBS News correspondent Trish Regan now reports on how to get out of debt once you’re in the trap. Dabney Oliver is 31 years old, single and carrying $13,000 in credit card debt. “I look at my budget and it’s really tight, you know. It’s…
The results are in from the Chu-Wall Money Makeover. And they’re nothing to bank on. Over the past few months, Jonathan and I have made far fewer changes to our financial lives than most of the five couples I’ve profiled for this series have. We’ve…
By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY Dave Yeske, a financial planner in San Francisco, recommends a balancing act for Kevin and Amy Smith: build up an emergency fund and chip away at debt. Then save simultaneously for retirement and for their six kids’ college education. But…
By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY With college education for six kids and their own retirement to pay for, Amy and Kevin Smith of Pleasant Hill, Calif., need help stretching their dollars beyond routine bill-paying. Kevin Smith, 35, earns $60,000 as an information technology systems administrator…
Morningstar Influence Grows; Some Concerns Remain By Arden Dale Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK — Morningstar Inc. (MORN) casts a long shadow over the mutual-fund industry. Founded in 1984, the Chicago investment-research firm went public in May and has been growing by leaps and…
By BARBARA KIVIAT While folks financing a house or carrying loads of credit-card debt are mourning the end of the lowest interest rates in 46 years, savers who have been stressing over paltry yields on cash investments are partying in response to the Fed’s quarter-point…
By ELIZABETH HARRIS HEN you need financial help and have limited means, paying for advice may seem beyond reach. But getting professional guidance doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Clearly, many financial advisers won’t take on clients who aren’t already rich. In a recent survey,…
By ELEANOR LAISE March 28, 2004 If anyone can make longevity sound like an affliction, it’s a financial planner. Many will tell you that you run the risk of outliving your retirement nest egg. Assuming you retire at 65, “there’s a good chance your assets will have…