XML Personal Finance NewsEconomic View: Finding the Mess Behind the Messpublished Sat, Aug 23 2008 17:00 GMT
The fundamental problem in the American economy is that, for years, people treated rising asset prices as a substitute for personal savings.
Fundamentally: Dividends Still Make a Differencepublished Sat, Aug 23 2008 15:16 GMT
When it comes to dividends, investors should look at time frames significantly longer than a single year.
Slump hits loans staffpublished Sat, Aug 23 2008 12:00 GMT
The Bank of New Zealand is proposing to make more than half its mobile mortgage managers redundant in the face of the continuing property slump.
A source told the Herald on Sunday bank bosses were proposing to cut the team from...
Your Money: Socially Responsible, With Egg on Its Facepublished Fri, Aug 22 2008 23:27 GMT
Many are wondering how one of the oldest practitioners in the field of socially responsible investing got mixed up with companies involved with alcohol, gambling and military contracting.
Mortgages: Higher Fees for Mortgagespublished Fri, Aug 22 2008 23:15 GMT
Fannie and Freddie increased the fees they charge lenders for many loans, effectively bumping up interest rates for many borrowers who have marginal credit.
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