A few weeks before Christmas, my wife announced that, instead of another piece of jewelry, she'd rather have some help making her Roth IRA contribution for the year.  (Full Story)

The government continues to push the idea that mutual fund prospectuses, stock offerings and other investment documents should be written in plain English so that prospective customers can understand them.  (Full Story)

In Jane Austen's pre-industrial age, the early 19th century, only land produced income that was steady, predictable and recurring.  (Full Story)

Here's a question to start out your New Year: Who should manage your money, you or a professional?  (Full Story)

OK, you've got a mutual fund or two and you're diversified across stocks, bonds and cash, and you even have holdings from different asset classes.  (Full Story)

"The only person who can define what financial success looks like for you is you," says Mary Farrell. That is the bottom line of her book Mary Farrell's Beyond the Basics, where she outlines the traits common to people who have achieved their financial goals.  (Full Story)

If you were to go out and ask five people, each knowledgeable about the markets, what they thought of short selling, perhaps four of them would respond with some variation of "Well, it's a legitimate strategy."  (Full Story)