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Money

1. Trust in the Lord…But Check Out the Church

Of the $569 billion that churchgoers and others are expected to donate to Christian causes this year, about $35 billion will end up in the hands of scammers and con artists.

2. Test Your Prediction Skills

What's ahead for Tyson Foods' share price?

3. The New Rules for Political Donations

Recent court rulings and regulatory decisions have dramatically changed the landscape. Here's what you need to know before giving to your favorite candidates and causes.

4. The Best Credit Cards of 2012

To lure new customers, issuers continue to sweeten their deals. But which ones are worth swiping?

5. Hiding Money From a Spouse Gets Harder

Troubled couples often try to hide money from each other, whether to spend it on extramarital mischief or keep from sharing it in a divorce. But electronic discovery is making it a lot easier to uncover all that covert activity.

6. Where Travel Deals Are…and Aren't

With higher ticket prices and hotel rates, travel experts suggest turning to discount travel sites and daily-deals sites and being flexible about travel dates and locales.

7. Your Emergency Fund Needs a Boost

Many rainy-day funds are failing to keep up with the still-grim reality of today's job market and the higher prices for necessities like food and gas. These days, many will need nine months to a year of expenses covered just to get by.

8. Insurance You Can Live Without

With offers of everything from insurance for your wedding day and your cat to your identity, what is worth your hard earned cash and what's not?

9. Promotional Video: Making a Blockbuster on a Budge

These days, making a video to promote a start-up doesn't require Hollywood skillfulness or a fat wallet. You can download video-editing programs and take advantage of free and widely viewed distribution channels like YouTube.com and Vimeo.com.

10. Medicare Covers In-Home Care

The program covers up to 35 hours a week of in-home care, but only for those who meet specific requirements.

11. Don't Cry (at the Office)

Emotional displays are frowned up, but it's unhealthful to just bottle up your feelings. Experts say you should be attuned to your "emotional triggers" so responses can be managed for more productive outcomes.

12. Should Robots Replace Financial Regulators?

Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely—and regulators are outnumbered. It's time to put computers on the case.

13. Vacation-Home Markets Heat Up

Market conditions are improving in some high-end locales. Here's a guide.

14. Is College the 'Best Investment'?

The best returns are often from schools with strong engineering, computer science, economics and natural-science programs, say experts.

15. It's Raining Credit---Again

Can you have too much of a good thing? When it comes to credit cards, maybe not.

16. Picking a Place to Retire

Looking beyond housing costs and taxes to find the right location.

17. Should You Bank at Your Brokerage?

In an era of low interest rates and vanishing perks, some of the new offerings might be worth a look, experts say.

18. The New Nontraded REITs

A controversial real-estate investment is getting a makeover—and while the critics still aren't sold, some advisers say it is worth considering for investors comfortable with the risks.

19. This Week

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4%, and U.S. added just 130,000 private-sector jobs in April.

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1. Is College the 'Best Investment'?

The best returns are often from schools with strong engineering, computer science, economics and natural-science programs, say experts.

2. Vacation-Home Markets Heat Up

Market conditions are improving in some high-end locales. Here's a guide.

3. The New Nontraded REITs

A controversial real-estate investment is getting a makeover—and while the critics still aren't sold, some advisers say it is worth considering for investors comfortable with the risks.

4. This Week

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4%, and U.S. added just 130,000 private-sector jobs in April.

5. Test Your Prediction Skills

What's ahead for Tyson Foods' share price?

6. Should Robots Replace Financial Regulators?

Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely—and regulators are outnumbered. It's time to put computers on the case.

7. Is Wall Street Meeting God's Expectations?

David Weidner: Many financial advisers have seized on the Bible, some even on Matthew 25 , to market their services. There is just one problem. Almost everyone I asked, religious, academics and atheists, said that passage, and by extension, God, wasn't talking about money.

8. How to Get a 7% Guaranteed Return—From Social Security

The same math that's driving Social Security costs sharply higher can provide generous returns for people approaching retirement. Here's how.

9. Banks Fined Over Sales of Nontraditional Funds

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has sanctioned units of Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo more than $9.1 million for allegedly improper sales of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds.

10. Muni Buyers Gain Peace of Mind, at Expense of Yield

Bond issuers are adding insurance again, providing protection to investors but driving down payouts.

11. Retirees: Pump Up Those Yields!

A little-known strategy called a 'death put' can help you lock in higher returns—without stiffing your heirs.

12. How Advisers Can Market to Women

Financial advisers say that women are very different from men when it comes to attitudes toward money. And that requires a unique strategy to win their business.

13. The Allure of Emerging-Markets Bonds

Investors looking to diversify into emerging markets might be surprised to know there's more than stocks on the menu.

14. Overcoming a Fear of Foreign Investing

When investors fear venturing outside the U.S., advisers feel they have to proceed firmly, but carefully.

15. Don't Bank On It

Loans to companies with lower credit ratings can have sizable yields. But investors need to watch out for the risks.

16. How Will You Spend Your Refund?

A vacation or an extra payment to the retirement fund? Tuition or home improvement? Readers say what they are planning to do with their 'windfall.'

17. If You're Under 40, Don't Bank on Social Security

Based on reports last week from the folks responsible for the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds, Americans—especially those under age 40—need to reconsider their retirement plans.

18. Francesca's Has No Margin for Error

Its shares are expensive. If margins slip or the company can't open many new stores, its stock could get marked down sharply.

19. The Market's New Motto—'Made in the U.S.A.'

Many investors are overlooking a resurgence in the U.S. manufacturing sector. If you want to get a piece of the new action, focus on chemical companies, auto and steel makers, and other manufacturers.

20. Test Your Prediction Skills

What's ahead for exchange operator NYSE Euronext?

21. How to Play Central Banks

Since last summer, central banks around the world have been more or less on the same page. That is beginning to change—creating opportunities for investors who can spot the signals.

22. This Week

U.S. markets surged after Apple posted better-than-forecast earnings; in February, home prices in the 20-largest U.S. cities fell 3.5% from a year earlier; and Social Security's trust funds could run out of cash by 2033.

23. How to Boost Emerging-Markets Returns

Your emerging-markets portfolio may need more exposure to emerging markets. Here's what to do.

24. '529 Plans' Feel the Heat

States are making a new push to deliver lower-cost, better-performing investments in their college-savings plans—but some managers are walking away.

25. Is Natural Gas a Flaming Buy?

The news about natural gas is awful—exactly the type of conflagration that value investors love.

26. Test Your Prediction Skills

What's ahead for toy maker Hasbro?

27. Sympathy for the Devils May Be Running Short at Goldman

David Weidner: The Rolling Stones have more in common with the shareholders and board of Goldman Sachs than either of them probably ever considered.

28. Nomura Shuts Another Mutual Fund

Nomura Holdings has shuttered its second U.S. mutual fund in four months as the Japanese investment bank grapples with poor performance and an overall downturn in the fund industry.

29. Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Bid Jointly on AIG Bonds

Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs are banding together to outbid five other Wall Street dealers for some $7.5 billion in commercial mortgage-backed securities taken on by the New York Fed during the AIG bailout.

30. And Warren Buffett's Successor Is...

We mined Mr. Buffett's own writings about his executives for clues as to who will someday step into his colossal shoes.

31. Is It Time to Cut Back on Apple?

Whether or not you think the stock is overpriced, you probably own too much. We explain how to pare your stake—smartly.

32. College Graduates, Start Saving Now

If you can rid yourself of the notion that it's way too early to think about retirement, you can avoid the financial headaches Mom and Dad are dealing with.

33. When Investing Trends Won't Die

Bucking the trends can cost investors big bucks. Here are three talked-about trades that could wind up biting contrarians back.

34. This Week

Stocks eked out a gain this week; home sales had their worst monthly drop since August; and more investors cited the economy as a concern, a survey found.

35. Congress Eyes 401(k)s Again

The increasing focus on retirement savings is a reminder that tax treatment of the accounts, once considered permanent, is anything but.

36. Wall Street Has Some Swagger Back

Just two days into this week, it was looking rough for Wall Street, as critics, investors and regulators called out the industry. But big financial interests are beating back every broadside with a vigor not seen since the financial-bubble days.

37. BofA Weighs Sale of Overseas Wealth Business

Bank of America has discussed internally a potential sale of its non-U.S. wealth-management businesses, many of which it inherited through its purchase of Merrill Lynch.

38. Getting a Big Tax Refund Means You're Doing It Wrong

About 75% of individual taxpayers will receive federal income tax refunds, with the average refund totaling around $3,000. From a purely economic standpoint, this makes no sense.

39. Building a Portfolio of European Stocks That Warren Buffett Would Like

If the Oracle of Omaha were to assemble a basket of European stocks with the attractive characteristics he likes in U.S. companies, what would he pick?

40. Fed Watching Gets Trickier For Investors

One little word caused investors to pile out of stocks in the past two weeks, only to rush back. They would be better off doing less trading and focusing on the bigger picture.

41. Bill Gross's New ETF Roars Out of Gate

The exchange-traded fund beat the giant mutual fund on which it is based. But the gap between the two shows the risk of investing in actively managed ETFs.

42. Inherited IRAs: Still A Sweet Deal

Heirs can stretch withdrawals throughout their lives, meaning the assets could increase in value, tax-deferred, for decades.

43. Is 'Peer-to-Peer' Lending Worth the Risk?

After years of hype and occasional blowups, the "peer-to-peer" lending market, which connects borrowers with mom-and-pop lenders, is starting to attract professional investors. Here's how to get started—smartly.

44. Stock Funds for the Timid

'Long-short' mutual funds offer ways to seek profits, protection or some of both. But they aren't for everyone.

45. In New Funds, Old Flaws

Since being introduced in the U.S. in 1993, ETFs have offered an unrivalled combination of low costs, minimal tax bills and maximal predictability of returns, but don't confuse them with the newer ETNs.

46. Buy Low Sell High? Not in This Market

Despite technological efficiencies, poll after poll shows that investors feel the markets are tilted unfairly against them. It makes us long for the good old days when trades were handled by fallible, corruptible humans, writes David Weidner.

47. Claiming Spousal Benefits

Ask Next: Karen Damato answers reader questions about Social Security strategies, health savings plans and charitable gifts.

48. How to Create a Pension (With a Few Catches)

A relatively new breed of annuity known as longevity insurance lets you use a small piece of your portfolio to purchase a relatively large income. But you must be willing to defer that income and give up access to at least some of your money.

49. Big Boost to Returns of Target-Date Funds

Three-month and three-year results profited from the stock market's powerful start to 2012.

50. It's Not Your Fault Your Fund Can't Keep Up

Yes, the market had a stupendous first quarter. But how did your mutual fund do? If it's like most of them, not nearly as well.

51. Veronica Dagher's Picks for Dartboard Contest

Picks for the six-month contest include Apple, Intel and Chevron.

52. Reader Picks for New Dartboard Contest

Readers see growth potential in stocks including Wal-Mart, Abbott Laboratories and Buffalo Wild Wings.

53. Darts Top the Readers in Latest Dartboard Contest

The darts beat the readers' picks for the first time in four contests, while the winning reader scored with a bet on hotel and casino operator Las Vegas Sands.

54. Why Stocks Look Too Expensive

Various indicators suggest the market is no longer a bargain. Here's what investors should do.

55. The Dividend-Fund Dilemma

Sooner or later, the markets always punish investors who do the right thing for the wrong reason. Some investors in dividend-oriented stock funds might end up learning that lesson the hard way.

56. Inspect the Fees in Your 401(k)

New disclosures will make this easier later this year. But you don't have to wait. Here's how to check key expenses in your retirement plan today.

57. Playing the U.S. Manufacturing Boom

Trends suggest America's manufacturing renaissance is just getting started. Here's what investors need to know.

58. Is It Time for a 'Backdoor' IRA?

The move allows people to transfer money from taxable accounts to a Roth IRA, which earns tax-free income.

59. Investors' Prying Eyes Blinded by New Law

An analysis for The Wall Street Journal lends some support to the JOBS Act's detractors, who say easing regulations will lead to more financial problems and fraud, and make it more difficult for investors to detect those issues.

60. Successful CEOs Don't Have to Be Jerks

A reader comes away from Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs with a greater appreciation for the chief executive. Unfortunately, that CEO is not Mr. Jobs. It is Bill Gates.

61. Staying on Course

Spotlight: Following the death of its founding manager in 2010, Harbor International has maintained a strong performance investing in value shares of European and Asian companies.

62. Why Three-Year Returns Suddenly Look Better

Fund Fiend: These trailing returns have jumped as the 2007-09 bear market fades into history. But the downturn shouldn't be forgotten by investors selecting mutual funds.

63. A Strong Quarter...But Investors Still Weren't Buying U.S.-Stock Funds

Quarterly Monitor: The average diversified U.S.-stock fund returned 12.3% in the first three months of 2012, but investors were still net sellers of U.S.-stock funds.

64. Tax Pitfalls for Fund Investors

Avoiding five mistakes -- including putting tax-inefficient funds in your taxable brokerage account and buying an ETF without learning what its tax treatment is -- can save you grief and put more money in your pocket.

65. Apple Shares Helped Power the Past Year's Top Funds

Winners' Circle: The tech giant was popular at many of the best-performing diversified U.S.-stock funds, as tracked in our quarterly ranking.

66. Advisers Customize Messages to Clients

Adviser Alert: Investors may get different material, at varied frequencies, to fit their needs. Plus, other news for brokers, wealth managers and their clients.

67. In Translation: Short Interest

What does the 'short interest' in a stock or ETF tell you, if anything? We explain in the first in a series of occasional stories defining a common financial term in simple English.

68. Seeking Bargains in Japan

Most international-stock funds have long gone light on Japan, but now some fund managers say they are finding some attractive bargains among Japanese stocks.

69. ETFs With the 'Ex' Factor

These funds target a particular universe of stocks but then exclude from their holdings a specific industry, investing style or even an entire country. So far, the idea hasn't dazzled investors.

70. How to Select a Dividend-Focused Fund

Mixing It Up: To reduce volatility, this financial adviser likes funds that own diverse, high-quality companies that aim to grow dividends over time. Plus, a suggested portfolio of funds and ETFs.

71. A Tool to Weigh Risk vs. Reward

The Sharpe ratio is a measure that helps investors figure out how much return they're getting in exchange for the level of risk they're taking on. It can help in comparing funds that invest similarly.

72. Are ETFs and 401(k)s a Bad Fit?

Exchange-traded funds aren't an easy fit for defined-contribution retirement plans, but companies are coming up with ways to make this work.

73. Molson Coors Taps Eastern Europe

Molson Coors agreed to buy European brewer StarBev from CVC Capital in a deal valued at $3.54 billion, edging out several global rivals interested in the business.

74. Brokers Raise Fees, but Not for Investors: Why You Should Care

The fees raise the question of whether brokerages have a financial interest in pushing some funds over others.

75. Keynes: One Mean Money Manager

The famous economist also was one of the greatest investors of the past century. Here's how he did it.

76. KKR to Buy WPX Energy's Fields

KKR agreed to buy natural-gas fields from WPX Energy in Texas and Oklahoma for $306 million as the private-equity firm continues an energy-patch spending spree.

77. Seeing Green in More Than Tractors

The maker of farm machinery has substantial growth on the horizon stemming from agriculture and construction in South America, particularly Brazil, as well as in Central Europe and Russia.

78. Read What Your Broker Sends You

Carefully reading your brokerage statements and confirmations can help you spot costly problems, ranging from innocent mistakes to actual misconduct.

79. Last Rounds at the Bond Market's Big Bash

After trading below 2% for months, the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes recently shot up. Now, higher borrowing rates could kill off an incipient rebound in housing and weigh on the economy.

80. Financial Planning on a Limited Budget

A crop of new resources that can help you get financial-planning services on the cheap

81. Beware Those 'VIX' Plays

Many investors are looking to protect against a steep stock-market drop. They should make sure they aren't taking on more risk in the process.

82. It's Time to Dial Back on Risk

Investors should consider swapping some of their bolder bets for boring ones.

83. Last-Minute Tax Tips

New rules are presenting problems for even the most diligent taxpayers. Here's how to avoid getting snagged.

84. Advisers Discover 'Managed ETF Portfolios'

Many financial advisers are giving up on actively managed funds in their quest to beat the market.

85. The Truth Behind Insurance Commissions

It has long been one of the most tightly held secrets in the financial-services world: what your insurance agent is paid. A new rule may change that.

86. It Takes a Village to Battle a Bank

The movement to use local government funds as a battering ram against big banks has gained momentum since the start of the year.

87. China Tests Financial Reforms

Officials in the Chinese city of Wenzhou have launched a new attempt to allow residents of the city to invest directly offshore, a move that would mark a small but significant step toward opening the country's capital account.

88. Dividend-Paying Stocks Are Great, but Rarely Beat Bonds

Stocks pose much greater risk of losses than bonds. And when stocks rally strongly, shares of big corporations that pay dividends often lag behind those of smaller companies that don't.

89. Preparing for a Dividend-Tax Hike

Will the favorable tax treatment on dividends go away at the end of 2012, even as Apple and other companies roll out new dividends?

90. Pros Advise Moderation in Apple Stock

Amid the near unconditional love from analysts and fund managers for the world's most valuable company—and the consumers who adore all-things Apple—some financial advisers are questioning how much of a good thing is too much.

91. French Oil Giant Total Offers Global Energy Play

It's an energized European oil and gas giant with a juicy dividend yield and reasonably priced stock. What's not to like?.

92. Why Treasurys Won't Crater

Investors are better off tweaking their bond holdings rather than overhauling them, strategists say.

93. Investing in Real Life

Written by Forbes columnist Camilla Webster and financial planner Carol Pepper, "The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom" is a money book aimed at women.

94. 'Is the Economy Recovering for You?'

Sunday Journal readers share their thoughts on financial issues facing families all over.

95. Maybe You Shouldn't Invest Now

John P. Hussman warns of a market with "the basic 'overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising-yields' syndrome."

96. Pick a Stock for Latest Investment Dartboard Contest

Select a stock from the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq market you think will do well between April 1 and Sept. 30. Sunday Journal will pick six entries to compete against each other and stocks picked randomly by darts.

97. Ten Perennial Mistakes Tax Filers Make

Common errors include not claiming all eligible dependents and not verifying information on a W-2 forms.

98. How Much Investment Risk Can You Manage?

Should you go "all in," putting all your investable assets into the stock market, or hedge your bets by putting, say, half in stocks and half in bonds?

99. Investing in Emerging Markets Isn't for Amateurs

There are good reasons to own emerging-markets stocks. Emerging markets account for about half the world economy, and they're growing. But be wary of the hype.

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1. Buffett on Europe, China, Berkshire Stock Price

In an interview with WSJ's Colin Barr, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and President Warren Buffett gives his views on the unsteady global economy and on what the company will do with its massive cash reserves. Photo: Getty Images

2. Time To Pull SEC Investment Adviser Oversight?

WSJ's Jason Zweig checks in on Mean Street to explain the current battle in Washington over whether the SEC should be relieved of overseeing the nation's 28,000 investment advisers. Photo: Getty Images.

3. All Bets Are Off In May: It's An Election Year

Wall Street is consumed by the phenomenon of "sell in May and go away" because it's worked so well the past two years. But this year is an election year in the U.S., and that means all bets are off since stocks typically rise in the six to seven months preceding a U.S. election. MarketWatch's Editor In Chief David Callaway has more.

4. Treading Lightly In World Markets With ETFs

Although bullish about stocks in the shorter-term, Alan Zafran of Luminous Capital sees longer-term concerns ranging from European debt to China's lumpy growth facing portfolio managers and advisers. As a result, he's now favoring exchange-traded funds focused on dividends and high-quality municipal as well as corporate bonds.

5. How to Buy Facebook Stock

SmartMoney's Russell Pearlman discusses the best ways for investors to snap up Facebook's shares, after the social-networking titan priced its initial public offering. Photo: Bloomberg.

6. South Pacific Fund Gets That Sinking Feeling

WSJ's Michael Corkery visits Mean Street with an eye on the South Pacific. The Northern Mariana Islands' retirement system is the first U.S. public pension fund to declare bankruptcy. Photo: Alamy.

7. Jobs: Are We in for a Cruel Summer?

WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath checks in on Mean Street to examine the weak payroll numbers released by ADP coupled with other softening employment indicators and whether the Fed is growing nervous about the economy. Photo: Getty Images.

8. Why Advisers Fight And Break Up

When an advisory partnerships goes on the rocks, it may be time to end the relationship.

9. SmartMoney: Home Prices Aren't Coming Back

Waiting for housing prices to rebound? Don't hold your breath... so says SmartMoney's Jack Hough who pulls up a chair on Mean Street and points out the truth in numbers. Photo: Getty Images.

10. Banks Ease Some Consumer-Lending Rules

Consumers found it easier to get credit cards and auto loans in the first quarter of 2012, but standards for home and business loans remained tight. Alan Zibel has the details on The News Hub. Photo: Bloomberg.

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PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS: NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE

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NYT > Your Money

1. Your Money: How to Raise a Financial Guru

Several young authors of financial advice books say they were taught at an early age to be mindful about money.

2. Fundamentally: Another May, Another Stock Market Decline? Maybe Not

Investors have pulled back in May in recent years, but there are forces working against a repeat.

3. The Haggler: Class Actions Face Hurdle in 2011 Supreme Court Ruling

Last year, the Supreme Court said that corporations could write contracts that blocked class-action lawsuits. Now we are seeing that ruling’s effects.

4. Bucks Blog: On Keeping Medical Bills From Hurting Your Credit Score

Consumer experts offer advice on dealing with medical debts and making sure those debts don't show up on credit reports.

5. Bucks Blog: Finding Ways to Protect an Investment in Horses

The Wealth Matters column looks at the risks of investing in racehorses, and Bucks readers offer their own tales of investing in a passion.

6. Bucks Blog: Your Best Tip for Raising a Moneywise Child

Bucks readers -- both parents and children -- share the single best advice or wisdom that can turn a child into a master of money as a young adult.

7. Bucks Blog: Friday Reading: Teen Girls Using Better Birth Control, Study Finds

Teen girls using better birth control, reducing stress by taking a break from e-mail, small investors getting in on the Facebook stock offering and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times.

8. Mortgages: Mortgages - When to Refinance Again

If you’re considering refinancing, financial planners suggest you first delve into your financial goals — specifically, how long you expect to live in your home.

9. Wealth Matters: Investing in a Racehorse Without Losing Your Shirt

For novice investors in racehorses, buying into a syndicate with several horses is a good way to learn an unpredictable business without huge financial losses.

10. Medical Debts Can Leave Stains on Credit Scores

As patients assume more of the responsibility for costs, complex billing and more aggressive collection by providers are resulting in negative credit report data that lingers for years.

11. DealBook: Small Investors May Get to Own a Bit of Facebook

While shares of the hottest initial public offerings go almost entirely to Wall Street banks that oversee the stock sale, Facebook has discussed raising the number of shares that will go to retail investors.

12. Your Money: Why Passengers Should Have a Voice in Airline Mergers - Your Money

As the potential merger of US Airways and American Airlines percolates, one interested party is left on the sidelines: the consumers.

13. Wealth Matters: Filmmaking as an Alternative Investment

Although movie studios lose million of dollars almost every week, investors can profit in ways that have little to do with the box office.

14. Chasing Fees, Banks Court Low-Income Customers

More large banks are aggressively pursuing low-income customers with products that can carry high fees and are largely untouched by consumer protections.

15. Debt Collectors Take Places Alongside Hospital Staffs

One of the United States’ largest medical debt-collection companies is under fire in Minnesota for placing employees in hospitals and demanding patients pay before receiving treatment, documents show.

16. DealBook: MF Global Trustee Calls for Fund to Protect Customers

James W. Giddens, the trustee tasked with returning missing funds, suggested establishing an insurance fund for commodities customers to safeguard assets in the event of a future collapse.

17. Economic View: Preschool Tuition Race Is No Joke - Economic View

A faux news story on April Fool’s Day tackled the intense competition for acceptance into elite preschools. But the topic offers an important lesson about the limits of market forces.

18. Mortgages: Mortgages — Avoiding Mortgage Relief Scams

An alert from the Federal Trade Commission warns against so-called mass joinder lawsuits from businesses purporting to be law firms.

19. Wealth Matters: Self-Directed I.R.A.’s in Real Estate Need Investor Effort

A self-directed I.R.A. investing in real estate is one way to earn more money for retirement, but it requires more work by the investor and close attention to tax rules.

20. Your Money: Home-Sharing? Don’t Overlook Your Liability - Your Money

If you are temporarily renting your home to out-of-town guests, check on your liability with your insurer should someone get hurt.

21. Shortcuts: What to Think About Before You Hit ‘Send’

Just because e-mail is commonplace doesn’t mean we know how to use it properly and productively.

22. Fundamentally: Corporate Profits Have Stalled. Has the Market?

The only real hope for additional stock gains this year, many investment strategists say, is expansion in the market’s price-to-earnings ratio.

23. Wealth Matters: Requests for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Suggestions for the new bureau include improvements to force-placed insurance, which banks buy at a price that is almost always higher than the market rate.

24. Your Money: RelayRides Accident Raises Questions on Liabilities of Car Sharing

A fatal accident in Boston has exposed the liability car owners can face when they offer to rent their cars through companies like RelayRides.

25. On the Road: Travel Credit Card Selection Requires Care - On the Road

When choosing credit cards to use for travel, be aware of their benefits and be prepared to keep track of the charges on them.

26. Consumer Agency Seems to Soften Limit on Credit Cards Fees

The agency set up to protect consumers appears to be allowing high upfront fees for credit card issuers.

27. The Haggler: Cellphone Cramming Gets a Second Look

The Haggler revisits the subject of cramming — the act of tacking on an unrequested service fee to a phone bill. Why, he asks, can’t cellphone carriers do more to thwart it?

28. Wealth Matters: Fine Vintage Watches Find Popularity as Alternate Investments

The market for rare and finely made vintage timepieces is booming but, as with all collectibles, there are risks.

29. Your Money: Swatting Down Start-Ups With Consumer-Friendly Ideas

AutoSlash, a car rental site that searches for the best rates, has earned the enmity of Hertz, Enterprise and other rental giants. Airlines haven’t been much warmer to services that help passengers.

30. Shortcuts: Hate Your Job? Try These Survival Skills

When the realities of life — paying the rent and buying food — keep you from quitting a job you detest, there are ways to cope.

31. Strategies: Stock Market, Like Tiger Woods, Is Out of the Rough

After losing their way a few years ago, both Tiger Woods and Wall Street have both rebounded to success. But, in each case, how long will it last?

32. Your Money: Marriage Maintenance When Money Is Tight - Your Money

For married couples facing the financial pressures of joblessness or foreclosure, tips on how to keep their relationships strong and healthy.

33. Wealth Matters: What to Look For in an Active Investment Manager

A Barclays report says there is an art and science to choosing fund managers who will perform well in the future, and past performance is not a big indicator.

34. Visa and MasterCard Investigate Data Breach

An intrusion at a third-party vendor may have exposed cardholders’ personal information.

35. Business Day: Jonathan Gruber, Health Care’s Mr. Mandate

Jonathan Gruber, a professor at M.I.T., helped persuade the Obama administration that everyone should be required to get health insurance.

36. Retailers Rush to Adjust to Price-Smart Shoppers

As power shifts to consumers, propelled by the Internet and apps, many stores are scrambling to move beyond the time-worn cycle of markups and discounts — and still make money.

37. Foreclosure Deal Gives Banks Credit for Routine Activities

Critics and supporters sparred over whether a foreclosure deal helps banks even more than struggling homeowners.

38. Advertising: OfferLink to Connect Customers to Deals and Card Rewards

Customers who use their cards at participating local businesses get a discount, and also earn rewards on those cards in the form of airline miles, cash back or points.

39. Fundamentally: Bull Market May Have Much Further to Go

By official measures, the current bull market is now three years old — a sign that it may be about to run its course. But some people see the situation differently.

40. The Haggler: Beware of Cramming on Your Cellphone Bill - the Haggler

A reader asks the Haggler about SMS subscriptions she says she didn’t want — but that still popped up as charges on her monthly cellphone statement.

41. Economic View: The Bank Run, Updated

It now seems that the 21st century will resemble the 19th and early 20th centuries, with periodic panics and runs on financial institutions — but in a redefined form.

42. Your Money: It’s Time to Rebalance the Investment Portfolio - Your Money

As markets move up and down, it’s a good idea to rebalance your investments periodically to ensure that the proportions you desire still hold.

43. Wealth Matters: Avoiding Pitfalls When Mentoring Entrepreneurs - Wealth Matters

A prime complaint about mentoring programs is their failure to pair people correctly. A joint venture of the Clinton Foundation and UBS plays matchmaker.

44. Shortcuts: Why People Remember Negative Events More Than Positive Ones

The human brain handles negative and positive input differently, psychologists say, which is why memories of unpleasant experiences seem indelible.

45. Family Men Go It Alone in North Dakota’s Oil Fields

With United States unemployment still high, oil field work around Williston, N.D., has attracted men from around the country who have uprooted themselves to live in “man camps.”

46. Buy a Foreclosure, Revive Your Town: ‘I’ve Done My Part’

For the writer, buying a home out of foreclosure in an Atlanta neighborhood took time and plenty of help, from a team of professionals and her parents.

47. Why Panic? A Couple’s Nest Egg Better Left Alone

A mutual fund executive uses his retired parents’ holdings as an example of a well-diversified portfolio.

48. Steps to Prevent Identity Theft, and What to Do if It Happens

Quick action is needed if an unusual charge shows up on a credit card statement or a thief opens an account in your name.

49. A Primer on Buying Life and Disability Insurance

What sort of insurance you need in the event of untimely death or disability depends on what your objectives are.

50. Health Insurance: What You Need to Know

With Americans spending an ever increasing amount on medical costs, it’s more important than ever to have insurance that fits your health care needs.

51. 401(k)’s: What You Need to Know

For many people, saving for retirement means squirreling away as much as possible through employer-provided plans, the most popular being the 401(k).

52. About Financial Planners: What You Need to Know

If you’ve landed here, it means you’ve realized that you might need some professional advice in handling your financial affairs.

53. Annuities: What You Need to Know

Annuities are a basic staple of modern portfolios, the financial equivalent of a backstop to guarantee a minimum of income in retirement.

54. Credit Scores: What You Need to Know

You may not have checked your credit score lately, but there’s a good chance someone else has.

55. Economic Scene: Disability Insurance Causes Pain

Disability insurance takes too many workers out of the job market prematurely. It reduces their lifetime income and, to top it off, slows economic growth.

56. Fair Game: Employees, Too, Want a Say on the Boss’s Pay

As more shareholders speak up about executive compensation, one group could become an especially formidable force: workers who own stock in their own companies.

57. Strategies: Stocks and the Economy, Singing Different Tunes

Ride the wave or batten the hatches? For investors, it’s a dichotomy that occurs quite often.

58. Common Sense: Troubling Favoritism in the U.S. Tax Code

A reporter’s income in 2011 was higher than it was in 2010. Yet his tax rate went down. Wasn’t the opposite supposed to happen?

59. Mutual Funds Report: First Quarter

The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 12 percent in the first quarter, after gaining 11.2 percent in the one before, yet the panic that was palpable last fall seems to have given way to doubt, more than to euphoria or even hope.

60. Special Section: Retirement: After the Storm, the Little Nest Eggs That Couldn’t

The financial crisis of 2008 and the uncertainty that continues today have made many people radically alter their plans, but some basic principles still apply.

61. Your Money Special Section: Which Way Home?: First-Time Homeownership is Still Beyond Reach

Despite the fall of prices nationwide, the cost of buying a home in some parts of the country can still be beyond reach for a young, working couple.

62. BUSINESS: Talking Money With Elmo

In the wake of the financial crisis, "Sesame Street" is teaching children financial literacy. Ron Lieber talks to Elmo about saving and sharing.

63. Special Section: Wealth

Wealthy investors are chasing opportunities in the midst of upheaval. This, and more articles on investing and taxes.

64. I.H.T. Special Report: Net Worth: With Apps, Wealth Management Goes Mobile

Private banks, which have been slow to embrace mobile technologies, expect to interact more with their clients through social media and smartphone apps.

65. I.H.T. Special Report: Net Worth: In Nervous Market, Gold Gains Respectability

While some investors see pitfalls — sudden drops, lack of dividends or interest — others see a kind of insurance as countries remove value from their currencies.

66. I.H.T. Special Report: Net Worth: In Asia, a Generation Gap With the Rest of the World

Private bankers say their Asian clients are younger and more risk-tolerant than clients in Europe or the United States — and that leads to different conversations.

67. I.H.T. Special Report: Net Worth: Keeping a Wary Eye on the Euro Zone

James Millard, chief investment officer at the Skandia Investment Group, speaks about how investors should approach the market in the current environment.

68. Retirement

Many people approaching retirement age are thinking not just about where to live, but about what activities they will do — and whom they want nearby.

69. Is It Better to Buy or Rent?

Compare the cost of renting and buying equivalent homes.

70. Calculate Your Financial Comeback

See how long it could take for your portfolio to return to its peak value.

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PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS: WSJ PODCASTS - YOUR MONEY

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Wall Street Journal's Your Money Matters

Get your personal finances in shape with advice on budgeting, credit card debt, college tuition, retirement and more.

1. WSJ's Your Money Matters P.M., May 4, 2012

Some hotels have gotten really pricey ... and we're starting to pamper ourselves again. Jim Chesko reports.

2. WSJ's Your Money Matters A.M., May 4, 2012

We're buying vacation homes again ... Target halts sales of a popular e-reader ... and superheroes invade the multiplex this weekend. Jim Chesko reports.

3. WSJ's Your Money Matters P.M., May 3, 2012

Is it possible home prices won't ever recover fully? And, if you haven't yet made up a will, you're not alone. Jim Chesko reports.

4. WSJ's Your Money Matters A.M., May 3, 2012

April was a very good month for a few car makers, not so great for some others ... and, what are the top-rated alternative-fuel vehicles? Jim Chesko reports.

5. WSJ's Your Money Matters P.M., May 2, 2012

Keeping a secret stash hidden from your spouse has gotten tougher in recent years ... and your town or state may have more money on hand than it expected to this spring. Jim Chesko reports.

6. WSJ's Your Money Matters A.M., May 2, 2012

Consumer-spending growth slows ... and home ownership in the U.S. falls to a 15-year low. Jim Chesko reports.

7. WSJ's Your Money Matters P.M., May 1, 2012

There are signs of life in the housing market; we're even seeing some bidding wars ... and you may be able to get a home-security system from the cable or telecom guy! Jim Chesko reports.

8. WSJ's Your Money Matters A.M., May 1, 2012

You could get a health-insurance rebate this summer ... and there are still various headwinds facing the housing market. Jim Chesko reports.

9. WSJ's Your Money Matters P.M., April 30, 2012

It makes more sense to buy a home than to rent in much of the country today. Plus, a look at some of today's wealthiest fictional characters! Jim Chesko reports.

10. WSJ's Your Money Matters A.M., April 30, 2012

Some homeowners would love to rent out their homes, but their condo association says ... uh-uh! Plus, a look at a couple of sites devoted to "home exchanges." Jim Chesko reports.

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PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS: MARKETWATCH PODCASTS - YOUR MONEY

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Your Money with Chuck Jaffe

"Your Money with Chuck Jaffe" features a selection of money tips and advice from sources like Bankrate.com, Zacks.com, Retirement Weekly and more, as well as interviews with some of the financial world's top minds, and a daily dose of "Hold It or Fold It," where Chuck uses listener requests to talk specific stocks and funds with high-profile money managers.

1. Burns: Industrials and tech prospects are strong

Scott Burns, director of exchange-traded fund research at Morningstar Inc., says that while the economic recovery is "a bit stalled right now," the prospects for industrial and technology companies remain sufficiently strong to make those sectors worth buying.

2. Mills: Look for great stocks at good prices

Money manager Karl Mills of Jurika, Mills & Kiefer in San Francisco, said that an improving private sector but declining public sector will allow the market to improve, but not for too long. With that in mind, he said investors should buy "a great asset at a good price ... or a good asset at a great price."

3. Peroni: Dow could be headed to 16,000

Technical analyst Gene Peroni Jr. of Advisors Asset Management in Conshohocken, Pa. says that his charts point to the market being in the "fifth or sixth inning" of a rally that could take the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 16,000. Hear his reasoning in this interview with Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch senior columnist.

4. Pursche: Strong values in pharma, food, machinery

Oliver Pursche, co-manager of the GMG Defensive Beta fund, says that short-term events will not derail stock market and economic growth this year, but noted that investors should be very nervous about investing in bonds. In an interview with Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch senior columnist. Pursche recommended pharmaceutical, transportation and brand-name food stocks.

5. Trainer: 'Supported' market due for a letdown

David Trainer, president of New Constructs Inc. in Nashville, said that the days of a market being propped up by the administration and the Federal Reserve appear to be ending, which will create a much tougher environment for selecting stocks.

6. Wiener: Large-cap 'battleships' about to rise

Dan Wiener, editor of the Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors, believes that the market will soon turn towards the "large-cap, battleship balance-sheet companies that have really lagged the market." During an appearance on the "Your Money with Chuck Jaffe" podcast, Wiener also talked about his favorite Vanguard funds.

7. Holland: Natural gas is unloved, but priced right

Money manager Tim Holland says that investors looking for "mispriced stocks" in businesses with the potential to grow in any market conditions should be looking at natural gas, agricultural commodities and "cloud" computing stocks, noting that natural gas will benefit from global pricing and concerns over nuclear energy raised by the earthquakes in Japan.

8. Wilsey: Buy good businesses, even in this market

Money manager Brent Wilsey of Wilsey Asset Management in San Diego said that while headlines and news are dire, good solid businesses with sound fundamentals and pristine balance sheets are now on sale, and that investors who buy them can build a portfolio that will deliver 20% to 30% gains over the next 12 to 18 months.

9. Times like these are why you keep the powder dry

Mark Travis, manager of the Intrepid Small Cap fund, tells Chuck Jaffe that a bottoms-up stockpicker should always have some money in cash, so that they can be ready to take advantage of times when market moves -- or natural disasters -- make solid companies "unloved and overlooked."

10. Berol: Market and gold rally will continue

Marshall Berol, co-manager of the Encompass Fund, said during an appearance on "Your Money with Chuck Jaffe" that gold and silver will continue to climb from their record levels, and that the stock market rally is likely to celebrate a third anniversary.

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PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS: MARKETWATCH PODCASTS - MONEY & MORE

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Money, Markets & More

Hear what's coming up that day on Wall Street plus money stories that impact us all. What are we buying? How much are we spending? MarketWatch reporters join John Wordock to answer these questions.

1. In retirement, big gap between worry and planning

More worrying about retirement doesn't translate into action. That's the finding of a Society of Actuaries study. MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell talks about the psychology of retirement planning and how to overcome planning paralysis with actuary and retirement expert Carol Bogosian of CBA Consulting.

2. Executive hiring outlook looking up

The outlook for executive hiring is looking brighter, according to CareerBuilder. MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell talks with CareerBuilder's Jennifer Grasz about the findings of its latest survey.

3. Save money on travel this summer

Making your summer vacation plan? MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell talks with Orbitz senior editor Jeanenne Tornatore about where Americans are going this season, and how to save a few bucks.

4. Where's the juice? An electric-car adventure

A diverse team of drivers has just finished a cross-country adventure in an electric car. And, as Men's Health magazine senior editor Eric Adams tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell, the trip highlighted the need for more charging stations nationwide if electric cars are to be adopted more widely.

5. You can help uncover American families' history

The 1940 Census has just been released to the public, and volunteers are helping to make all that data more usable to people who want to find out more about their own families and others. MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell talks about the project with Joshua Taylor of the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project.

6. CareerBuilder: Better job outlook for Class of '12

CareerBuilder says this year's college graduates will get a warmer welcome from employers than the Class of 2011. Jennifer Grasz of CareerBuilder tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell about the brighter job outlook for young workers.

7. When talking about saving, tell kids "do as I say"

This week, bankers across the country took part in an annual effort to teach children to save. American Bankers Association president and CEO Frank Keating tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell that parents shouldn't be reluctant to pass along the message even if they know they could do better themselves.

8. Pinterest isn't just for women

It's not just a female phenomenon. Columnist Jennifer Waters tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell that there are lots of guys using Pinterest, too.

9. New tool helps you pick best time to sell your car

Car values change, so you should know how much yours is worth before you go to the dealer to trade it in. Michael Wulf of Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell about a tool that helps you do that automatically.

10. JoeSentMe: US Airways-American merger "ludicrous"

As the week begins, the parent of American Airlines will begin arguing for the right to reject labor agreements with its three big unions. Joe Brancatelli of JoeSentMe.com tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell we should think about that as we size up the chances of an American-US Airways merger.

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PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS: MARKETWATCH PODCASTS - REAL ESTATE

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MarketWatch Real Estate Round-up

The latest news, trends and developments on the home front.

1. NAHB CEO: Only Congress can solve housing 'crisis'

The housing slump has worsened into a "crisis," says Jerry Howard, the president and CEO of the National Association of Homebuilders, and "if Congress doesn't do anything, the end is not in sight." Builders are calling on Congress to target home prices in the next stimulus package, and Howard suggests a program like a mid-70s tax credit. "It worked very well, and led the country out of what was a six-quarter recession," he says.

2. RealtyTrac: Foreclosure activity soars again, up 25% since last year

There is more bad news from the home front as "we're still looking at foreclosure activity on the increase." Rick Sharga, at RealtyTrac says their most recent survey finds that "nearly 280-thousand US households in the month of October received some sort of foreclosure notice." According to Sharga, "that's up five percent from September and up 25 percent from a year ago." Sharga tells Steve Potisk, "this marks 34 consecutive months where we've seen a year over year increase" in foreclosure rates.

3. Zillow: A third of home sellers are losing money

If you bought your home at the peak of the market in the last couple of years, you could be down "anywhere from five to, in areas of California, 30 or 40 percent off the value of your home." So says Amy Bohutinsky, the V-P for communications at Zillow.com. She tells Steve Potisk that has many people in "negative equity right now," or owing more on the mortgage than the house is worth. That means a third of Americans who sold their home in the past year lost money, according to a Zillow survey. The downward trend is expected to continue. Bohutinsky says of the 163 metro areas they surveyed, "only a handful of markets showed appreciation year over year."

4. RealtyTrac: Blame 6 states for the foreclosure mess

"We're still seeing the highest rates of foreclosure activity in the same states." So says Rick Sharga, a senior vice president at RealtyTrac. His group found foreclosure rates were up 71 percent in the third quarter when compared with a year ago. The top six states account for 60 percent of third quarter foreclosure activity; they are California, Florida, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and Nevada.

5. Kerch: Mortgage rates may not surge again from here

"The days of easy credit are behind us. The days of really low mortgage rates may be behind us," too. But Steve Kerch, MarketWatch.com's real estate editor, tells Steve Potisk this week's spike higher in average rates may have "been one bad week given all that we've seen in financial markets." Kerch adds that if rates remain in the current range, topping near 6 1/2 percent, that's not bad.

6. McBride: Some mortgages could see "nasty increase"

Greg McBride, senior financial analyst with Bankrate.com, tells Nancy Lyons that savers are "getting thrown further under the bus." McBride says if you have a mortgage pegged to the treasury, it'll go down, but LIBOR-pegged mortgages may see a nasty increase.

7. Zillow: Bailout: No panacea, but still needed

"The real estate industry is rooting heavily for some type of bailout plan." Spencer Rascoff, Zillow.com's CFO says the reason is the expectation that a plan would "allow the federal government to buy these huge amounts of bad loans off of the balance sheets of investment banks and commercial banks." But Rascoff also tells Steve Potisk no bailout will be a panacea for housing since "there is just so much inventory on the market."

8. Global Insight's Newport: Headed for four-quarter recession

Economic forecasting firm Global Insight is in the process of revising its forecast for the U.S. and the news is dismal. The economy appears headed for a recession that could run an entire year. And Global Insight's Patrick Newport tells John Wordock it may not matter what Washington does with the Wall Street bailout. We're still headed for troubled waters.

9. Morici: Real Estate was just part of the problem

The mortgage market meltdown was just a part of the reason Wall Street is in the tank. So says Peter Morici, an economist and business professor at the University of Maryland. He tells Steve Potisk there is plenty of blame to go around for this crisis.

10. Is the housing market frozen until Congress passes a rescue plan?

Is the housing market frozen for the time being? Existing home sales dipped 2% in August and inventories fell 7%. But median home prices have dropped 9.5% in the last year. And MarketWatch real estate editor Steve Kerch thinks the price of your home may have to fall even more. He tells John Wordock the autumn housing market may be frozen until Congress resolves the Wall Street rescue plan issue. Kerch also offers some tips for selling your home in this climate.

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