How to Play the Stock Market -- Even If It's Rigged
Filed under: Investing Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker and The Big Short, explains in a 60 Minutes interview how the stock market is rigged against anyone without a fiber optic line to the stock...
View ArticleGoogle Wants to Power Your Next Watch
Filed under: Investing In the video below Fool portfolio manager Matt Argersinger and managing editor Eric Bleeker discuss tech events across the past week. In the video below, the two discuss...
View ArticleOracle Corporation: Hitting a Cloud Home Run, Internet of Things on Deck
Filed under: Investing With a market capitalization of over $180 billion, and a flamboyant, America's Cup-winning CEO in Larry Ellison, it's not often Oracle flies under the radar. But it may have done...
View ArticleDid Ford Just Trash General Motors Company's Infamous Cadillac Ad?
Filed under: Investing In recent weeks, General Motors' latest TV ad for its Cadillac brand has been the subject of a lot of discussion. Some folks love the ad; some hate it -- but almost nobody is...
View ArticleFool's Gold Report: Gold Prices Fall Again, But Will Barrick's New Pay Policy...
Filed under: Investing Coming into Tuesday, investors had hoped that gold prices would take the opportunity to add to their gains from the first quarter, despite a more recent downturn that has sent...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Things to Buy in April
Filed under: Shopping, Secret Shopper, Deals, Beauty, Airfare Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock Today, with the help of Erin Konrad -- who helps create content at CouponPal.com -- DailyFinance shares some of...
View Article3 Lesser-Known Expenses You Can Deduct from Your Taxes
Filed under: Taxes, Career Change, Job Search, Professional Development, Tax Deductions Getty Images When it comes to tax deductions, most taxpayers focus on items that have the most impact, such as...
View ArticleWhy Conn's Is Hot Again: Electronics Retailer Has Secret Weapon
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Retail, Consumer Goods, Electronics Alamy Consumer electronics retailing was a hot sector for investors last year, but results haven't been nearly so rosy in 2014....
View ArticleShort-Selling: An Investing Strategy for the Next Crash
Filed under: Investing Basics, Stock Markets, Investing Getty Images After five years of booming stock markets, many investors are getting nervous about the possibility of a big pullback. Those who...
View ArticleNew CEO Barra Faces Tough Task in Shedding Old GM
Filed under: Company News, General Motors, Automotive Industry, Manufacturing, CEOs Evan Vucci/APGM CEO Mary Barra By MARCY GORDON and TOM KRISHER WASHINGTON -- "That is not how GM does business." With...
View ArticleMortgage Applications Fall in Latest Week
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Alamy By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week on lower refinancing...
View ArticleADP: Employers Add 191,000 Jobs in March
Filed under: Labor, Economic Indicators, Job Market John Minchillo/AP Images for U.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationVeterans connect with employers at a job fair in New York. By PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON...
View ArticleMoney Minute: Rents Go Sky High; Netflix, Amazon Content War Erupts
Filed under: Real Estate, Market News, Personal Finance, Entertainment Industry, Internet The cost of apartment rentals is going up faster than the rate of inflation. A real estate research firm says...
View ArticleObamacare Enrollment Exceeds 7 Million Target Despite Setback
Filed under: Health Care, Personal Finance, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Carolyn Kaster/APPresident Barack Obama waves to supporters as he leaves the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday. By Jeff Mason...
View ArticleWhen Shareholders Sue, Even When They Win, They Lose
Filed under: Company News, Banks, Financial Services, Scandals and Lawsuits Davis Turner/Bloomberg/Getty Images On Sept. 25, 2009, Bank of America's (BAC) own shareholders took it to court. But should...
View ArticleMoney Savers for the Kitchen -- Savings Experiment
Filed under: Food & Beverage, Did You Know #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-368561{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-368561, #postcontentcontainer...
View ArticleFactory Orders Surge More Than Expected in February
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Manufacturing, Investing Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAn employee wipes down a lite of glass after it was polished at the Maryland Glass & Mirror...
View Article5 Tips to Save on Your Child's Birthday Party
Filed under: Family Money, Shopping, How to Save Money, Savings Challenges Getty Images By Susan Yoo-Lee Having just thrown a kid's birthday party, I know what the final cost can look like and it can...
View Article6 Absolute Necessities for Acquiring Long-Term Wealth
Filed under: Personal Finance, Professional Development, Financial Education Pressmaster/Shutterstock Six essentials that I call the Six Circles of Wealth operate in conjunction to provide long-term...
View ArticleSenator Accuses GM of 'Culture of Cover-Up' in Recalls
Filed under: Company News, General Motors, U.S. Government, Automotive Industry, Auto Recalls Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGM CEO Mary Barra testifying before the House Energy and Commerce...
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