from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The debt-limit debate — and the worries of another financial shock that debate inspires — are a good reminder to check on your bank deposits to make sure they’re covered by FDIC insurance.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Hedge-fund tactics don’t always work in mutual funds, and if the market is entering a time when those strategies don’t even work for hedge funds — as is suggested by George Soros’s decision to return money to outside investors — average folks should steer clear.
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from CNN Money Personal Finance
Stacy Gardner works as a shopping concierge at a Los Angeles mall, and not only has work slowed, but her own typically insatiable desire to shop has deteriorated as well.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
With all the economic uncertainty these days, make sure your bank deposits are covered by FDIC insurance. MarketWatch’s Andrea Coombes offers tips.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
More unemployed managers and executives are deciding to pack their bags and move for a new position, according to a report this week by Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
from Slate – Moneybox
The countdown clock to the Debtpocalypse now stands at four days, give or take. Soon, the Treasury will start receiving bills it cannot pay, and the United States will fall delinquent on billions of dollars in promised payments to Social Security recipients, government contractors, and so on. [...]
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Debt has been getting a bad rap. It seems that if you have a radio show and you talk finance, you think all debt is bad. No wonder many consumers think that all debt can only have a negative impact on their net worth. But this isn’t always so. [...]
from CNN Money Personal Finance
FORTUNE — Dear Annie: At the company where I worked until recently, I had a couple of colleagues who were master manipulators and who frequently got rewarded for ideas and improvements I came up with. That was one reason why I left that job. But now, I seem to have gone [...]
from CNN Money Personal Finance
If the debt ceiling isn’t raised, does that mean I won’t get paid for my series EE savings bonds?
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Where does an investor turn when the bedrocks of safety start to fissure? Treasurys, money-market funds, the dollar and gold face the possibility of a debt default — or, at the least, a cut to the U.S.’s blue-chip credit rating.