With the start of the new year less than two months away, savvy investors are beginning to develo... Jack Sirard: Strategies to
With the start of the new year less than two months away, savvy investors are beginning to develop strategies for 2006.
Among the things to consider: possible changes that a new Federal Reserve boss might bring to the table, the course of oil prices and whether consumers will continue to spend.
To get a sense of where the market is headed next year, we talked with a pair of Californ...
Renowned watercolorist Dean Mitchell's mother had no small skepticism about his career choice in... Watercolorist transcends co
Renowned watercolorist Dean Mitchell's mother had no small skepticism about his career choice in fine arts — a looming uphill struggle for an African-American man.
"She didn't know anybody who was successful at it, making a living at it. America was still very closed. We were still trying to get a decent seat in a restaurant," Mitchell said from his Tampa, Fla., studio loft.
Ask the Fool: I know the market goes up and down because of the buying and selling of stocks, but... Little guy can still score
Ask the Fool: I know the market goes up and down because of the buying and selling of stocks, but who's behind the buying and selling?
A: Many buyers and sellers are individual investors like us, placing small trade orders through our brokers. Then there are the institutional investors, such as mutual funds, pension funds, banks and insurance companies. These big guns can account for two...
Berkshire Says Storms Led to Lowest Profit Since 2001 (Update1) Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ber... Berkshire Says Storms Led to Low
Berkshire Says Storms Led to Lowest Profit Since 2001 (Update1)
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the insurance and investment company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, said $3 billion in claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita triggered the lowest quarterly profit since 2001.
Berkshire, reliant on insurance units such as General Re and Geico for more than half of an...
Internet banking moves toward 'two-factor' authentication - If you do banking over the In... Name/password won't be enough.
Internet banking moves toward 'two-factor' authentication
- If you do banking over the Internet, generally the drill is pretty simple: You enter your user name and password, and away you go.
But behind the scenes, the bank can do a lot to check you out: Are you at your home computer, or at one with an Internet address that, strangely, is registered overseas? Are you logging on at ...
Those financial advisers and product providers who think they can continue to behave with gay aba... End is nigh for advisers&#
Those financial advisers and product providers who think they can continue to behave with gay abandon by not adhering to the requirements of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act should think again. So far, the Financial Services Board (FSB) has rejected 321 applications for financial service provider (FSP) licences, mainly because the applicants have not provided full details of...
Council reinstates pastor who barred gay man from congregation Texas home to three of top 1... Proposition 2 would hurt gay His
Council reinstates pastor who barred gay man from congregation
Texas home to three of top 10 cities with most Hispanic gay couples
Proposition 2, an amendment to the Texas Constitution banning same-sex marriages, would disproportionately affect gay Hispanics, a national gay rights group said this week.
Officials with the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force released their finding...