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State Governments Eye 'Inactive' Broker Accounts WSJ.com

Attention buy-and-hold investors: A recent flare-up over escheatment, the age-old right of a government to claim abandoned or unclaimed property, has highlighted the importance of keeping in contact about your accounts.
Teaching Children the Basics of Investing WSJ Blogs

You can never be too young to learn good financial habits. So says adviser Jorie Johnson, who, in her free time, teaches financial basics to elementary school children.
How Much Risk Can You Manage? WSJ.com

In my last column, I outlined a new approach to managing investment risk that I summed up this way: Never gamble unless you can afford to lose.
How Will You Spend Your Refund? WSJ.com

Last time, I looked at why something that's bad for us—getting a big tax refund—feels good. Our rational side knows we shouldn't give Uncle Sam an interest-free loan by overpaying our taxes throughout the year, but our emotional side seems ...
Admit It—A Refund Feels Good WSJ.com

It is one of life's conundrums: If we hate paying taxes, then why do we consistently overpay them, collectively lending Uncle Sam some $300 billion year after year—interest free?
How Much You Need vs. How Much You Can Lose WSJ.com

Never gamble unless you can afford to lose. That is essentially the message of a small but growing chorus of academics and financial advisers, who are calling for a new approach to managing investment risk in the wake of the two bear markets ...
Read What Your Broker Sends You WSJ.com

To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln (or was it Bob Marley?), you can fool some investors all of the time, and all investors some of the time, but you can't fool all investors all of the time—unless, of course, they don't review their brokerage ...
H-P report to include major job cuts; Tech giant plans to cut up to 30K jobs, seen posting sales dip MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Hewlett-Packard will unveil a plan to cut a big part of its workforce when it reports quarterly results on Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter said.
As Dow Drops, a New Case for Low-Volatility Stocks SmartMoney Blogs

New worries over Greece's debt troubles sent stocks tumbling toward their worst day of the year -- and reignited fears of more market tremors ahead. Should investors duck for cover?
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A Tutorial for the President on 'Profit Maximization'; Profits provide the incentive for firms to do what consumers want. WSJ.com

In justifying his attacks on Bain Capital, President Obama argues that "profit maximization" might be an appropriate goal for a private-equity firm, but not for more general public policy. This argument ignores one of the most basic ...
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GE Bets on Brazilian Tycoon Batista WSJ.com

SAO PAULO—General Electric Co. became the latest international behemoth to throw its weight behind the business empire of Eike Batista, providing cash and credibility as the Brazilian billionaire's EBX Group moves through the expensive and ...
Gold price swings make futures ETFs questionable; Commentary: Is this a respite for gold bull, or the end? MarketWatch

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — When the price of gold hit its lowest level in three months this week, nervous investors and gold supporters had vigorous arguments over whether it was a respite in the gold bull market or the end of it.
Investing ideas that can Save the World; Commentary: Tips from Gates, Buffett, Damon and African millionaires MarketWatch

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Earlier this year we began searching for investments that make money while also serving the public interest. Our goal: Save the World by tapping into the new collective conscience that puts “People, ...
New Recipes for Commodity Investing; Fund companies are tweaking their strategies for picking a winning mix of metals and other materials WSJ.com

Time was, fund investors who wanted to bet on commodities had only a few, simple products to choose from: mutual funds and exchange-traded products that tracked price moves of an unchanging basket of basic goods, such as oil, corn and ...
Full Text of Obama Speech to Air Force Graduates WSJ Blogs

President Barack Obama told graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday that that they are the first class in nearly a decade to graduate into a world that has no Osama bin Laden, no war in Iraq and no questions about when the war ...

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