from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Mortgage rates have edged down lately, prompting Mint fans to ask, “could I be making a smaller house payment?” We asked an expert to chime in on refinancing and when it’s worth pursuing.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Banks are getting out of the reverse-mortgage business — should you be worried? Not according to Robert Powell in his column today. Read that story, and get the latest on mortgage rates and a slew of investing tips, all in today’s Personal Finance Daily.
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from Moneywatch Personal Finance
It’s time to dust off the investing ideas we offered at the end of last year and see if the crystal ball is broken.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Hope is not a plan, so seek out value in parts of the bond market, as well as in dividend-yielding stocks in solid companies, according to Kurt Brouwer of MarketWatch’s Fundmastery blog. Jonathan Burton reports.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The first half of 2011 featured a bumper crop of recalls, according to a consumer product safety organization, with more than 22 million items in 176 product lines getting yanked from the market over safety concerns.
from CNN Money Personal Finance
Bad corporate behavior isn’t exactly in short supply. If you want to find the good guys, you need a little help.
from CNN Money Personal Finance
Letting a colleague front-run his stock purchases wasn’t Warren Buffett’s best idea — but few can touch his results.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Investment manager Simon Hallett is advising stock buyers to focus on a company’s true bottom line — namely free cash flow — and to recognize that in an unforgiving market being bigger is better.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Rates on 5-year adjustable-rate mortgages hit a record low this week, dropping to 3.22%, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates.
from CNN Money Personal Finance
Whether their partners are hiding shopping bags or concealing credit card debt, these spouses have caught on to their cheating ways.