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Pessimism and Caution Return: Is now the time to trim stock holdings before stocks fall further?
Why Are Millions of People Dropping Out of the U.S. Labor Force?: Implications for the real unemployment rate and future economic growth
One Year Later: A Look Back at Fortune's 2009 Predictions for Economy & Investment Markets: Media folks love to interview financial "experts" for their year ahead predictions. Fortune's piece highlights pitfalls and opportunities to learn from (and ignore) supposed gurus.
Lost Decade for Stocks?: Some media and many market timing advocates say yes but they fail to understand a simple stock market investment concept
What's Your Media Diet?: Quantity and quality matter - how one large newspaper's editorial page is leading investors astray.

Sovereign Risk Escalation Adds to Investor Worries: Which country's debt is really at risk?
Famed Investor and Democrat Warren Buffett Criticizes Government's Direction and Proposals: Political rhetoric translates into dumb economics
Health Care Reform & Cost Savings Begin at Home!: Getting value for your health care spending
If You Tax Them, They Will Leave: Global companies (and their employees) vote with their feet when facing higher taxes
Worries About Hundreds of Terrorists Plotting Attacks From Yemen: Is it time to pull out of stocks like the time period surrounding the 9-11 terrorist attacks?

Should Your Pension Affect How You Invest Your Own Money?: Q: I am 60, will receive a state pension when I retire that covers all my basic expenses...my portfolio is 50% bonds and 50% stocks. Because of my pension, does the regular 50-50 wisdom apply to me, or should I have less than 50% in bonds/fixed income?
Frequently Made Retirement and Estate Planning Mistakes: Learn from the mistakes of those who retired before you
Should You Count Your Home's Equity Toward Retirement?: Living On the House: Reverse Mortgages
Do Congressional Leaders Care How the Stock Market Performs?: An examination of how key members of Congress invest their own money and whether they have a stake in the success of the American economy
Dealing With Worries About Rising Interest Rates: Q: As I approach retirement...I would expect to put more of my investments in bonds and fewer in stocks. But I also hear warnings about the impending rise in interest rates...

What Most Investors Don't Know About Taxation of Gold: Gold advocates rarely disclose this shortcoming
How Safe Are Government Bonds?: Most investors haven't a clue but this little known index provides insight
No-Load Fund Analyst Reduces Stock Allocation: Bond fund added from proceeds of a stock fund sale
Growth Versus Value Stocks: It's been a long debated issue...which is better and when?
Earnings Yield on Stocks: A Little Used Stock Market Indicator: It's flashing a buy signal in a neglected overseas market

Paying for College Without Going Broke: Kal Chany's book, Paying for College Without Going Broke, could easily save you thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.
Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That Shapes Your Financial Future: A good credit score saves you big bucks when borrowing and getting insurance (and can help in other ways too)
The Best Financial Books Are Well Worth the Price: The problem is in identifying and separating the best from the rest and publishers make that job difficult for lay people
Flashback: 10 Years Ago I Warned About the Looming Tech Stock Bubble: An easy call to make but Jim Cramer said the opposite
The 20 Essential Principles for Sound Personal Financial Management: Inside perspectives from my work as a personal financial counselor as summarized in my best-selling book Personal Finance for Dummies

Charles Biderman: TrimTabs Investment Research Market Timer Worth Listening To?: Charles Biderman says his firms' following of money flows enables you to predict future stock and bond market movements
Glenn Beck's Conflicts of Interest in Pitching Gold: The popular commentator, who has been warning of economic Armageddon, is in bed with a major gold coin seller
Nouriel Roubini Was Wrong, Again, and Again and Again...: An update on the myriad predictions of the economics professor who has enjoyed more than his 15 minutes of fame for supposedly predicting last year's financial problems...
Flashback: When Yankees' Hired Joe Torre as Manager, Pundits Said Failure Lay Ahead: Prognosticators in sports' field often as off base as in financial world
Ben Stein's Money: New York Times Fires Columnist Over Endorsement Deal: Why aren't more media outlets requiring their writers to stay away from product endorsements and other fee arrangements with financial service companies?