Investment

Budget Battles

  • 5 Estate Planning Mistakes To Avoid

    By Shelly K. Schwartz, CNBC

    Estate-planning blunders are costly and common, even among the fiscally prudent. Any number of oversights can leave you vulnerable in the event you become incapacitated. Others can seriously...

  • An employee sets out and sorts ingots of 99.97 percent pure platinum at the Krastsvetmet nonferrous metals plant in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk

    The Precious Metals That Are Primed for Takeoff

    By Jaewon Kang, CNBC

    Move over, gold. Palladium is ready to shine. The precious metal, used mostly to make catalytic converters that clean up emissions from combustion engines in cars, has seen a 7-percent jump in...

  • The 401(k) Loan: America’s Pricey New Piggy Bank

    By Knowledge@Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

    In a new paper titled, “Borrowing from the Future: 401(k) Plan Loans and Loan Defaults,” Olivia S. Mitchell , Wharton professor of business economics and public policy, analyzes the loans people take...

  • High-Flying Stocks Still Appear Overvalued

    By Angela Moon, Reuters

    After their worst week in several years, high-flying stocks that defied gravity throughout 2013 look like they're in for more punishment. The reason: Despite the plunge, they still look overvalued...

  • Retirement Savings: Men and Women Do it Differently

    By Beth Braverman

    Men are participating at a greater rate and socking more money away in their workplace retirement accounts than women are, according to new survey by Wells Fargo.