Could Greek crisis affect money-market funds?

Jun 24, 2011
The funds shouldn't own Greek bonds, but they could hold short-term investments in European banks with Greek bond holdings.

Even hedge-fund stars stumble

Jun 22, 2011
John Paulson has made billions on big bets, but his investment in a Chinese forestry company shows how difficult investing in China can be.

Another punctured money myth

Jun 22, 2011
When it comes to money, women are from Venus and men from Mars, women research and men flip a coin, and so on--or so we're told. A yawning gender...

Dabbling in social lending

Jun 21, 2011
Question: Hi Chris - I was listening to the marketplace money podcast (6/10/2011) and one of the guests mentioned peer-to-peer lending. I googled...

Baby boomers and stock returns

Jun 16, 2011
Question: As the baby boomers move into retirement, they will start to use their retirement funds or savings. Since the generations following the...

A timely warning

Jun 9, 2011
It sounds like a good deal. Invest in a structured financial product that protects the principal value of your money while letting you participate...

'The spy who loved VC'

Jun 9, 2011
Anna Chapman -- the red-headed cover girl of the Russian spy ring uncovered by the FBI last year -- is no longer a woman of international mystery, and instead is promoting technology investment in Russia.

For public good, not for profit.

Financial behavior on a napkin: The rear-view mirror

May 27, 2011
Carl Richards gives us another napkin drawing about how our natural impulse to base future decisions on past performance leads to accidents.

High demand for Russian Internet search company stock

May 25, 2011
Shares in the Russian Internet search company Yandex shot up today. In the company's IPO yesterday, demand for shares was 17 times the number available.

Dollar Cost Averaging--Revisited

May 25, 2011
A nice savings tool for long-term investors is dollar cost averaging. Technically, dollar cost averaging means putting the same amount of money...