Epitaph For the ARM: Is the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Finally Dead?

[Editor's Note: This analysis of the adjustable-rate-mortgage (ARM) market is part of a two-story package on the U.S. mortgage...

Freakish Winter Freezes Some Profit Plays, Heats Up Some Others

This article was supposed to be about investments that would allow you to profit from the typical cold-and-snowy weather that's part of the winter...

Investing Strategies: How to Decode the New Option Symbols That Take Effect Today

If you're a veteran options trader, you'll find that a major change to the rules of the game takes effect today (Friday). Today was the deadline for...

Investing Strategies: How to Decode the New Options Trading Symbols

It sounds like it should have been a government project - "clarifying" something by changing it from just four or five letters to a lengthy...

The Seven Investment Risks to Avoid in 2010

Spurred by its best annual performance since 2003, U.S. stocks stampeded into the New Year, with the

Billionaires Turn to Beggars as Financial Crisis Torches the World's Fortunes

The holiday season is traditionally the time when society extends a helping hand to the less fortunate among us. But this December, thanks to...

Hot Stocks: Is Markel Corp. a Berkshire Hathaway in the Making?

Ask any 10 U.S. investors to name the most-admired American financial figure and it’s a pretty good bet at least nine of them will answer Warren...

Six Ways to Boost the Resale Value of Your Home - Even in a Down Market

It’s no secret that the old real estate adage tells us that only three things determine the value of your home – location, location, location....

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