Articles from February, 2010

ETF Investing: Airline ETF in holding pattern

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
A tiny exchange-traded fund tracking airline stocks has enjoyed first-class returns over the past few months, but recent turbulence may have knocked it off-course.
 

25 Ways to Save Money While Traveling

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
Traveling involves a lot of trade-offs. Money is always a big issue after the decision is made to fly somewhere exotic or historical; can you afford to see all the sights and live comfortably? It’s never easy to balance what you want to do and what your disposable income [...]

Can Vail’s ski resort cut its energy use 10 percent?

from Slate – Moneybox
 
The balmy weather in Vancouver, which delayed some of the Olympic downhill events, highlights the danger warmer winters pose to ski resorts. The situation isn’t as dire in the higher-elevation resorts of the Rockies, but these large businesses—think of the Trapp Family Lodge on steroids—still worry that a warming planet could melt [...]

Real Estate Weekly: More buyers looking for multigenerational houses

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
More buyers are looking for homes to accommodate a multigenerational household, in large part for financial reasons.
 

Personal Finance Daily: When the whippersnappers rule the workplace

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
With more folks having to stay on the job longer to make up for deficient retirement funds, a lot of older workers are going to find themselves working for a younger boss — in some cases a much younger boss — and confronting the idea that their supervisors will only get younger [...]

Video: Bullish On Tech

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
Ryan Jacob of the Jacob Internet Fund talks about his favorite chip company in the chip sector and how he’s positioning his fund to make money in March and for the rest of the year. Stacey Delo reports.
 

Top Ten: MarketWatch’s top stories of the week

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
U.S. stocks ended the day pretty much flat and the week with small declines. Investors seemed unable to make up their minds about the news, first driving stocks one way, then the other as the week progressed.
 

Taxing Times: IRS offers tips on claiming home-buyer credit

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
Don’t miss these crucial stories for taxpayers.
 

The secret lives of America’s debtors

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
Americans are loaded up with credit card debt. What’s worse is that some husbands, wives and even children hide those money woes from their families. The results are often devastating.
 

TaxWatch: The top tax breaks you can get without itemizing

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
You don’t have to fill out Schedule A in order to take advantage of a number of tax breaks. Here’s how to collect.