Dividend stocks are leading the market and some pundits believe the rally is a bubble about to end badly. But they may be underestimating the flood of income-starved retiree money heading this direction in a record low-yield environment.
Former TARP Official: Both Parties are Captive to the Big Banks
While the current presidential race has predictably devolved into a series food fights over tax returns and awkward speech wordings, the nation’s economy limps weakly along. In addition, the causes of the 2008 financial crisis …
Country Half Full: An Optimistic Take On Our National Debt Nightmare
It’s rare that a United Nations report can engender optimism about anything, let alone America’s finances. But a recently issued (and mostly overlooked) study from the global body’s International Human Dimensions Program might …
London 2012: 6 Tips for Saving Money at the Olympics
If you’re heading to London for the Summer Games, it was expensive enough just getting your airfare, tickets and lodging. So once you’re in the Motherland, there are a number of ways you can enjoy the Olympics without digging too …
Start Your Team on the Right Path
Any manager who has put together a team — be it large or small, in-person or virtual — knows how difficult it is to get a group started off right. Next time you have to launch a team, try these three things to improve your chances of success:
How to Hire Top Performing Employees
Only one in four hires turns out to be a top performer, so how can you tilt the odds in your favor?
Free Haircuts, Gas and Bowling: A Roundup of Midsummer Freebies
To drum up business in the lazy dog days of summer, retailers are offering deals such as free haircuts for kids, free gas, free bowling, and free ice-cold refreshments. Here’s a hot list of current freebies.
Millionaires Can Afford to Play It Safe — For The Rest of Us, It’s A Risky Strategy
Domestic stocks are the No. 1 place that millionaires have been putting their money in the past year, according to a Fidelity survey, which runs directly counter to the behavior of the average investor.
Innovation Almost Bankrupted Lego — Until It Rebuilt with a Better Blueprint
A redefined purpose at Lego — to become the world’s strongest brand among families — has helped the company to innovate in a constructive way
Your Favorite NBA Team, Now Brought To You By [Company Name Here]
On Thursday, the NBA announced a proposal that would place advertising on players’ jerseys starting in 2013. If officially approved in September, expect the other three North American leagues to be close behind.
Day-Trading Your 401(k): Bad Idea, or the Worst Idea?
Back in the wild and woolly and, well, more innocent days of the tech stock boom — you remember it, don’t you? — it seemed like everyone and his brother and second cousin twice removed had taken up day-trading. To a lot of …
Subprime Private Student Loans: No Way Out
Although private loans make up a relatively small slice of the roughly $1 trillion in outstanding student debt, a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in conjunction with the Department of Education shows that …