Louis Berger is principal and co-founder of Washington Square Capital Management in New York. As independent investment advisers, we don't have the luxury of giant marketing budgets or the weight of an internationally recognized name. Our ...
Everything can be done faster and cheaper online. At least that is what most people under 35 seem to think. But is that the case when it comes to taking charge of one's finances?
By Rachel Louise Ensign It's a golden rule of personal finance that budgeting helps you saving money. But a new study suggests that budgeting may actually be causing consumers to spend more.
Jane Nowak is a financial planner at Atlanta-based firm Kring Financial Management. Women come into the investment arena at a disadvantage for a litany of reasons: They make lower wages than their male counterparts, take time off for family, ...
Is 2012 the year of magical budgeting? Despite an expected uptick in class actions this year, companies said they plan to spend less money to fend off such suits, according to a new survey out Tuesday.
As the top law firms in the U.S. evolve from cozy partner clubs to billion-dollar global institutions, they are increasingly relying on professional managers—once an anomaly in the industry—to run many parts of their operations.
California Gov. Jerry Brown's revised 94-page budget isn't exactly a scintillating read, but literati might appreciate its irony. Just take the governor's narrative explaining why his January revenue forecast was $4.3 billion off the mark.
A move is often a complicated process, and the first one can be especially daunting. Many 20-somethings find themselves relocating in the spring and summer. It may be the first move after college, finally getting out of Mom and Dad's house ...
New Jersey's all-important April tax collections fell far short of expectations, complicating Gov. Chris Christie's effort to cut the state income tax.
What's the best way to teach children the value of money? That's a question that has troubled parents for years. Most use a regular allowance as the vehicle for imparting lessons about how to manage, spend and save money wisely. But there's ...
The debate raging over Greece's place in the euro zone has obscured an important fact: Many of the most painful steps of the Greek bailout have already been completed.
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government Friday promised to boost its financial support to the farm sector by raising direct assistance and budgeting for a steep increase in loans, ahead of the rollout a food security program that will require a ...
For U.S. troops returning from overseas, personal-finance issues can be a sobering part of homecoming. Nearly 150,000 service members returned from Iraq and Afghanistan last year, and 35,000 more came home from Afghanistan in the first two ...
DUBLIN—Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in a televised speech Saturday said voters in a looming public referendum on the European Union budget-discipline treaty can chose between economic recovery or putting at risk Ireland's participation ...
Democrats and their allies are demonstrating around the country on Tuesday – the federal tax-filing deadline – to highlight their political message that the tax system unfairly benefits the rich. The unusual election-year effort is aimed in ...