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Advice for the reluctant landlord
July 29, 2010With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000.
Investing in the world's best balance sheets
July 29, 2010At the G20 summit in Toronto last month, the leaders of world's largest economies embraced a brave new theme: Halting the alarming, potentially ruinous growth in already mountainous sovereign debt.
Not enough cash? Get your priorities straight
July 29, 2010You know what your financial priorities are supposed to be: Max out retirement savings. Build a cash cushion for emergencies. Get rid of any credit card debt. Save for your kids' college education. Pay off the mortgage before you retire.
Great gadgets for better health
July 29, 2010Gadgets to keep the doctor (or dentist) away.
Money's new More Money blog
July 29, 2010
Keep your cool in a scary market
July 29, 2010You knew it couldn't go on forever. And deep down, the spectacular run-up in stocks that began when the bear market bottomed in March 2009 was actually making you a little nervous. An 80% surge in just 13 months was starting to feel a lot like bubble territory. So yes, a breather was probably in order.
Which grads snag the best salaries
July 29, 2010Attending school in California and becoming an engineering major can really pay off for college graduates -- by thousands of dollars a year.
Figuring out the Dow
July 29, 2010Question: How can I compute the Dow Jones Industrial Average on my own each day? --Sam Cordova, Los Angeles, Calif.
What the bond guru sees coming
July 29, 2010Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pimco and manager of the planet's biggest bond mutual fund, has some so-so news and some bad news.
The silver lining in Europe's mess
July 29, 2010During the mortgage meltdown in 2008, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel quipped that you should "never allow a crisis to go to waste." He was referring to the Obama administration's policy goals, but it's not a bad maxim for investors.
