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I look back at this scary week and feel very satisfied to be in positive territory after a terrifying fight with the market. Through the use of technical analysis I have been able to spook up almost 15% total portfolio returns since last week to actually move into positive territory. That is quite a […]

Every month, Jim Steamer, a sales clerk at a Pennsylvania home-improvement store, takes the $334 he would otherwise pay for employer-sponsored medical benefits and invests it in savings and mutual funds.
Steamer, who makes $9.32 an hour, estimates he’s saved $250,000 over his 26 working years by doing without health insurance for himself, his wife and […]

In the spirit of Halloween, we found the spookiest reader stories that have crept their way into our editor’s inbox. From Nigerian scams to evil customer-service tricks, the tales that follow have happened before and will happen again.
Take a lesson from these dreadful experiences. Promptly file a complaint with any company that has mistreated you […]

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The market is going up and down like Six Flags’ Scream Machine — instead of selling on earnings and trends — and reacting to every press release and news story without anyone checking to see whether the writer even knows what he or she is talking about.
Right now I’m still bearish. Growth in […]

Even as political pressure builds in Washington for a sweeping program to help struggling homeowners, some banks are realizing that it may be good business to keep borrowers in their homes.
On Friday, JPMorgan Chase became the latest big bank to pledge to cut monthly payments, by lowering interest rates and temporarily reducing loan balances for […]

The American International Group said Thursday that it had been given access to the Federal Reserve’s new commercial paper program, allowing it to reduce its reliance on a costlier emergency loan from the Fed.
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