The real Apple tax scandal; Commentary: Senators should scrap the corporate tax

Higher Yields in a Low-Interest World

The pickings are growing increasingly slim for retirees looking to boost the income generated by their savings.To earn yields of 5% or more, investors—who once would have relied on the relative safety of bank certificates of deposit or ...

Will iPhones still exist when Apple bonds mature? What the company might be selling when its 30-year bonds mature

Should you buy Apple bonds? Despite the brand’s appeal, they may not make sense for most

It's Time for Some 'Portfolio Pruning'

If your vacation plans include parking your investment portfolio in cash over the summer, you're not alone. Record-high stock prices have many nervous investors seriously contemplating the old Wall Street adage, "Sell in May and go away."

When ‘loser’ ETFs close, investors can lose too; Tax bills and ‘survivorship bias’ can trip up the unwary

Next month, iShares, the largest exchange-traded fund provider by assets, will do something it hasn’t done in more than a decade: close one of its 290 ETFs.

This week’s Mutual Funds and ETF stories

Exchange-Traded Funds; Companies Add to Lineups of 'Free' ETFs; Still, trading commissions are only one cost, so other funds may be more attractive on balance

Lehman Selling Pieces of Stakes Acquired in Archstone Deal

Big Question: 'Should I Pay Off the Mortgage?'

The ultralow interest rates that are eating into retirees' fixed-income portfolios pose a separate yet vexing conundrum for those same older Americans: Should I pay off the mortgage?

Yahoo! Shells Out $1.1 Billion in Must-Buy Deal for Tumblr