The cooling real estate sector presents some attractive investment opportunities.

Bankruptcy law not as bad as predicted
When the new bankruptcy reform law went into effect a year ago, there was no shortage of nightmare scenarios.

For the Record
When the Dow finally closes at a new high, I’ll celebrate by selling.

6 best beers for this fall
As baseball gives way to football and local Oktoberfests start springing up all over the country, autumn becomes yet another good time to break open a beer.

Receive a lump sum and expect to be harassed by folks wanting some of your prize.

Falling mortgage rates can do only so much
Low mortgage rates were a big factor driving the housing boom of the past few years and their climb was expected to play a big role in the market’s undoing.

Fall Fashion
The contrarian in me thinks retail stocks may be ready for a shopping spree.

They can yield terrific bargains if you know how to shop them.

Playing Energy’s Top
The long bull market for energy looks to be over. But there are still opportunities.

Health costs well outpace inflation
Health insurance premiums this year rose 7.7 percent, the lowest growth rate in six years but still more than double the growth rate in inflation and worker earnings, according to the latest survey from Kaiser Family Foundation.

Earnings Jitters
Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

Most mid-life crises are a breeze compared with the one Cheryl Roberts has dealt with over the past year. In August 2005, at 43, she learned she had an aggressive form of breast cancer that had spread to one lymph node.

Falling mortgage rates can do only so much
Low mortgage rates were a big factor driving the housing boom of the past few years and their climb was expected to play a big role in the market’s undoing.

6 best beers for this fall
As baseball gives way to football and local Oktoberfests start springing up all over the country, autumn becomes yet another good time to break open a beer.

You know you’re officially part of a trend when someone gives you a catchy label, and there’s a new one out there: the 60-year-old kid.

Escape From Timeshare Hell
Selling your timeshare doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Here’s how to make the best of it.

Unfriendly Skies
I don’t share the recent enthusiasm over the prospects for the airline sector.

12 Topekas. 1 Beverly Hills. Tough trade
Pity the poor, modern-day Jed Clampett, exchanging the simple and inexpensive life of the Ozarks for the glitz, glamor – and prices – of Beverly Hills. A typical middle-class house in the Southern California city now costs more than 10 times what a similar place sells for near Clampett’s old stomping grounds, Fort Smith, Ark.

The Fed has never resumed rate hikes after pausing. Prepare your portfolio accordingly.

Earnings Jitters
Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

Uncomfortable with an aggressive accountant
QUESTION: I am an eBay seller, and I work at home. In preparing my taxes, my accountant surprised me by suggesting I deduct as business expenses things like the newspaper and a portion of the cable bill.

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