tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66922307990081565062024-10-17T07:52:12.181-07:00Business WeekLatest Business NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-1326130336192470892014-05-03T16:00:00.000-07:002014-05-03T16:00:02.637-07:00Can the economy survive the Fed?Business Week | By Anthony Mirhaydari, MSN Money
Cheap money from the Federal Reserve has been the primary force keeping the market high and the economy on a recovery path. But can they keep it up when the stimulus ends?
After the market turmoil of the last few days, the inevitable question is: Now what?
Months of calm and upward momentum have suddenly been replaced by uncertainty, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-61351951759356568142014-05-02T11:00:00.000-07:002014-05-02T11:00:05.024-07:005 Buffett picks with big upsideBusiness Week | By Meena Krishnamsetty and Matt Doiron, MarketWatch
Here are the largest holdings by Berkshire Hathaway as of March 30 that had value-investor appeal due to their low P/E-to-growth ratios.
Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), filed its first-quarter 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month. We've found that 13Fs can be used to developUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-34411803334336773572014-05-01T00:55:00.003-07:002014-05-01T00:55:40.398-07:006 high-priced loans and how they workBusiness Week | By Mitchell D. Weiss, Credit.com
There are plenty of loan options available, even for low-income borrowers with iffy credit. Proceed with extreme caution, though.
There are lots of cash-strapped consumers out there who, for all practical purposes, are closed out of many traditional credit product offerings because of the high default risk they’re presumed to represent. But Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-80726953326968783592014-04-22T10:30:00.000-07:002014-04-22T10:30:02.154-07:00You can have 6 resources for $500 or lessBusiness Week | By Stacy Rapacon, Kiplinger
Even with just a little seed money, you can find an attractive mutual fund to fit your needs.
The entry fee for many mutual funds is often upward of $2,500 -- an amount a lot of folks might consider too steep a price to commit to a single investment.
Young investors eager to get in the game might not have enough cash to afford those minimums yet. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-18043319856740543072014-04-21T14:00:00.000-07:002014-04-21T14:00:00.914-07:0010 tips on how to see lead energy stocksStockScouter the current list of 10 recommended stocks is loaded with oil - and gas-related businesses.
Compiled from StockScouter ratings of Verus Analytics
High-flying biotech stocks with momentum names such as Amazon.com (AMZN), down 22 percent on the year attracts the tech-heavy- NASDAQ ($COMPX) from the clouds this week investors should a more down-to-earth approach.
Literally, they may Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-35449903079576780072014-04-20T18:00:00.000-07:002014-04-20T18:00:00.152-07:00The least expensive 2014 cars to insureBusiness Week | By Jeffrey Steele, Insure.com
Most of the cheapest cars to insure aren't actually cars, they're SUVs and minivans.
If you want to save money on auto insurance, spring for an SUV or minivan. Insure.com's annual ranking of the vehicles with the best car insurance rates is dominated by non-sedans.
A few years ago, minivans held a good grip on our "least expensive to insure" Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-16584903596637455212014-04-19T11:00:00.000-07:002014-04-19T11:00:01.994-07:00Buy, hold and prosper: The power of patient investingBusiness Week | By James K. Glassman, Kiplinger
It's behavior that determines your success or failure as an investor -- not knowledge, skill or luck.
If you ever needed a lesson in the power of patience, let me remind you of a date in recent history: March 9, 2009.
On that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) closed at a gut-wrenching low of 6,547. Stock prices had been cut in half Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-36408390601865118462014-04-18T09:00:00.000-07:002014-04-18T09:00:04.624-07:00The upside of down stock marketsBusiness Week | By Kathy Kristof, Kiplinger
Nobody likes a downturn. But play your cards right during a market crash, and you could avoid taxes on your stock gains for years to come.
Tax season reminds me just how much I love a good stock market crash.
When my accountant recently informed me that I wouldn't have to pay taxes on nearly $50,000 in profits I netted last year from the sale of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-7488260672249354772014-04-17T12:00:00.000-07:002014-04-17T12:00:05.817-07:004 reasons to brace for more volatilityBusiness Week | By Charlie Bilello, U.S. News & World Report
The last five years have been anything but typical for stocks. Here are 4 factors that point to a bumpier market ahead, and 4 ways investors can prepare for it.
It's hard to believe, but the bull market is now five years old. From the lows in March 2009, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ($INX) has advanced over 180 percent in what isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-20555726612895023542014-04-16T15:00:00.000-07:002014-04-16T15:00:02.319-07:00How to find an affordable summer campBusiness Week | By Raechel Conover, Cheapism.com
You can send your kids to a fun, fulfilling camp this summer without breaking the bank.
With fond memories of cabin mates, campfires, swimming pools, and s'mores, it's no wonder parents who went to summer camp want their children to have the same enriching experience they enjoyed.
Whether kids go to sleep-away camp or a day program, they can Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-50286412212305691422014-04-15T09:30:00.000-07:002014-04-15T09:30:01.551-07:005 do-good ETFs that beat the marketBusiness Week | By Aaron Levitt, InvestorPlace
Want to invest with a clear conscience? Socially responsible funds no longer have to sacrifice profits to take the moral high ground.
In a growing trend, many investors are now building portfolios based in part on their morals and values. Dubbed "socially responsible investing," or SRI, these investors essentially add several screens to shift Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-42547437322888548562014-04-14T04:10:00.003-07:002014-04-14T04:10:49.580-07:00The 3 most common credit report errorsBusiness Week | By Bethy Hardeman, U.S. News & World Report
When scouring your credit report, pay attention to your address and credit limit information. And don't gloss over details like your name.
Everyone makes mistakes, and credit bureaus are no exception. In fact, a Federal Trade Commission study last year found that one in four consumer credit reports contain errors – these include Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-13212453968168024892014-04-12T14:00:00.000-07:002014-04-12T14:00:02.906-07:007 ways your 401k is improvingBusiness Week | By Jennie L. Phipps, Bankrate.com
Will 401k's become American retirees' savings plan of choice? Here's how they're evolving to fit the times.
People retiring in 20 or more years are going to be the first recent generation to retire relying mostly on their own savings from 401ks and the like.
Whether this approach is good enough to provide a comfortable retirement for most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-86641134938253026432014-04-11T20:00:00.000-07:002014-04-11T20:00:02.280-07:00Looking for higher dividends from abroadBusiness Week | By Bruce W. Fraser, Bankrate
The grass may or may not be greener on the other side, but the yields are often higher. Here's how to pick up some good-quality, foreign dividend stocks.
Looking for some yield? Who isn't, these days?
When investors seek dividend yields, many only consider U.S. stocks. U.S. companies paid out a record $311.8 billion in dividends in 2013, beating Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-9319201705111318782014-04-10T11:30:00.000-07:002014-04-10T11:30:01.842-07:008 bargain stocks for value investorsBusiness Week | By Brett Arends, MarketWatch
Even in this rich market, these shares are still trading at a discount, says one fund manager.
Are there still any bargains left out there in the stock market? If so, where are they?
It is not news that by many long-term measures, U.S. stock indexes, and indeed many overseas indexes, are looking on the rich side.
But it's an old saw that there isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-41229501483047327592014-04-09T12:30:00.000-07:002014-04-09T12:30:00.761-07:00How to overcome a shopping addictionBusiness Week | By Kimberly Palmer, U.S. News & World Report
If you’re trying to spend less, try these strategies.
About 5 percent of Americans suffer from compulsive shopping, and even more struggle with lesser forms of overspending, says Terrence Shulman, founder of The Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending & Hoarding based in Franklin, Mich. As spending money has become easier Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-16572982344118738152014-04-07T02:00:00.000-07:002014-04-07T02:00:02.615-07:004 advantages of small-time investorsBusiness Week | By Charlie Bilello, U.S. News & World Report
You can beat the pros at their own game if you extend your time horizon, exercise patience and look for ways to move against the crowd when opportunities arise.
In most fields, professionals or industry experts have a clear advantage over the average person. We know this to be true in medicine, law, engineering and other vocations Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-46808431906381087422014-04-06T18:30:00.000-07:002014-04-06T18:30:00.717-07:00Generation Roth: How millennials can retire tax-freeBusiness Week | By Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes
Roth IRAs offer two huge advantages to young savers: lots of flexibility and tax-free withdrawals in retirement.
During a recent visit to a Pennsylvania steel plant, President Obama touted the flexibility that his new myRA account provides young workers just starting to save. "In an emergency you can withdraw contributions without paying a penalty. SoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-51138071773888369092014-04-05T11:00:00.000-07:002014-04-05T11:00:01.722-07:0010 ways to teach your kids to be saversBusiness Week | By Aaron Crowe, U.S. News & World Report
Games, piggy banks and charts can help convey your important messages.
The personal saving rate of Americans is up a little since the end of the Great Recession – 4.9 percent as of November – but it's nowhere near the high teens of the mid-1970s.
That's the savings rates for adults. For children, the numbers can be bigger. If you've Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-435391468729941042014-04-04T10:00:00.000-07:002014-04-04T10:00:05.916-07:005 ways to use a card to repair bad creditBusiness Week | By Brian O'Connell, MainStreet
Credit cards often get you into your bad credit mess in the first place, but under certain circumstances they can also get you out.
You really can use a credit card to rebuild credit.
After lawsuits and medical bills, credit cards are one of the leading drivers towards bad credit. So it comes as at least somewhat of a surprise that credit cards Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-85636466682716445872014-04-03T14:30:00.000-07:002014-04-03T14:30:00.988-07:00The military gateway to the middle class is vanishingFor many Americans, earning a college degree and buying a house are considered milestones on the path toward a middle-class life. For Ted White, a licensed mental health therapist and proud homeowner, neither of those steps would have been easy, or perhaps even possible, without a career in the Army.
White, 37, grew up in a working class household in Nebraska. He took advantage of the GI bill Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-35201705582542843032014-04-02T09:30:00.000-07:002014-04-02T09:30:00.603-07:00My so-called market: Are stocks going totally '90s?Business Week | By Roben Farzad, Bloomberg Businessweek
Analysts see many similarities between then and now, such as persistently low inflation, partisan gridlock in Washington and a jobless recovery.
Early in 1992, Time magazine projected that the nascent economic recovery would be "one of the slowest in history and the next decade one of lowered expectations." That was the conventional Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-88032028395363747072014-04-01T04:10:00.000-07:002014-04-01T04:10:01.055-07:009 great funds for young investorsBusiness Week | By Stacy Rapacon, Kiplinger
Many millennials remain understandably wary of the stock market. But for young people with time on their side, these mutual funds present good long-term options.
The Great Recession has scared nearly an entire generation away from stocks. According to a 2013 survey by Wells Fargo, more than half of people age 22 to 32 lack confidence in the stock Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-19153928921221099242014-03-22T16:30:00.000-07:002014-03-22T16:30:02.497-07:005 simple ways to achieve your financial goalsBusiness Week | By Trent Hamm, U.S. News & World Report
Want to be debt-free? Retire early? Build your dream home? Just follow these steps.
All of us have financial dreams.We'd like to be completely free from debt. We'd like to retire early. We'd like to build our dream home. We'd like to pay for our children's college education at a top school. We'd like to open our own shop.The challenging Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692230799008156506.post-26890568367806566632014-03-21T12:30:00.000-07:002014-03-21T12:30:02.001-07:006 great funds with small portfoliosBusiness Week | By James K. Glassman, Kiplinger
With just 20 to 30 holdings, these slimmed-down mutual funds are nimble enough to outperform the market but still diversified enough to limit risk.
Twenty years ago, in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) shareholders, Warren Buffett quoted Mae West, sex symbol of the 1930s: "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."
The Oracle of Omaha Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0