Tag: investing
group name: gconsumerfinance
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May 14, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
I met a friend for drinks yesterday. She left her job several months ago, and with no job replacement in near term, is cashing out her 401(k) rather than rolling it over to an IRA. For her and her money . . . more
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May 09, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
It's Back...and it's Bigger and Better! Are you ready for the second CNBC.com Portfolio Challenge? All you need to do is register with a CNBC.com account, and you can create FIVE separate portfolios . . . more
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March 04, 2008 01:41 AM EST --
Last month , my found money totaled $256.78. Below is February's total:
Amazon Sales $161.54
Ebay: $29.63
Not invested from last month: $6.78
Grand Total to invest . . . more
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April 07, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
Compared to January and February , March was disappointing for finding spare cash:
Amazon Sales: $31.91
Half.Com: $2.72
Rolled Coins: $18.00
Ebay: $14.87
Walgreen's Cash . . . more
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July 18, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been busy lately, collecting money for boomer investors caught in the middle of a number of financial hooligans.
On the SEC's docket, for the first . . . more
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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November 28, 2007 02:42 PM EST --
THE HOUSING HUBBUB has a sunny lining for Gatherer's looking for a new place to call home . Home prices have fallen most sharply in the Sunbelt cities, marking a buyer's market for . . . more
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July 31, 2008 08:14 PM EDT --
Gather-member Faith is on a savings kick (see Do you go through phases on Gather? My current phase is making & saving money ), and so am I.
I'm saving for at least a down payment on a vacation/investment . . . more
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July 16, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
Do you know that you can use your 401(k), without using it up? Apparently about 45 percent of employees leaving 401(k)-generating jobs don't. A study by HR consulting firm Hewitt . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . . more
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December 28, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
As Jan. 1 rapidly approaches, I sit down to carve out my goals for the coming year. My goals run the gamut from finally wrapping up all of the projects I've started to getting my house (financially . . . more
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July 26, 2007 05:41 PM EDT --
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is investigating insurance companies that train agents to pitch older consumers on annuities, and other financial products, using scare tactics aimed at getting . . . more
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . . more
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October 03, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
Think you could outsmart a high schooler when it comes to money questions? Now's your chance to find out.
The Center for Financial Studies at Southern New Hampshire University's has created . . . more
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . . more
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January 23, 2008 08:48 PM EST --
Tuesday's Gather homepage poll struck a cord:
Turns out that a majority of Gather.com members responding to this Jan. 22 poll feel that a recession is indeed in the cards. . . . more
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July 23, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
THIRTY-SOMETHINGS SCOTT AND ANGIE Patterson pooled their paint contracting and business development experience to become full-time property investors in 2002. Their co-owned firm, Greenlight . . . more
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November 07, 2007 07:59 PM EST --
If you're trying to figure out what to make of falling stocks and rising oil prices, you're in good company.
The Federal Reserve Board is also caught between a rock and a hard place. Last week . . . more
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October 11, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
Last week I posted a series of questions pulled from a new financial education program for high schoolers. (See "The Bottom Line: Are you smarter than a high schooler?") Here's your chance . . . more
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September 21, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I returned to work today after four days of intense training at the National Press Foundation on "Retirement Issues in the 21st Century." What a whirlwind! As such, I've developed this photo . . . more
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