CBS News - Markets & Investing

Why the Powerball Jackpot is part of my investment strategy

Fri Feb 10 09:15:59 PST 2012

Here's why I'm buying Lotto tickets to the $310 million jackpot

Stocks set to plummet this summer?

Tue Feb 07 04:00:00 PST 2012

A financial advisor makes the case that stocks will tank sometime after June of this year...but his crystal ball is cloudy

The silliness of the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 PST 2012

Here's how the Dow average distorts U.S. stock performance

Fed says no rate hike, but rates may still go higher

Wed Jan 25 11:25:46 PST 2012

The Fed only controls the overnight Fed Funds rate, but mortgage rates, bond payouts and interest rates on savings may very well rise before 2014

State of the stock market

Tue Jan 24 07:07:23 PST 2012

As President Obama gets ready to deliver his state of the Union address, here's the state of the U.S. stock market

John C. Bogle, the $24 billion man

Mon Jan 23 04:00:00 PST 2012

John Bogle is to be honored next week by the likes of Paul Volcker and Arthur Levitt

Have DFA advisors helped clients avoid mistakes?

Thu Jan 19 04:52:00 PST 2012

One argument for hiring financial advisors is that they can help you resist trading based on fear or greed -- here's a look at whether DFA advisors succeeded in that mission

Should you invest in DFA funds?

Tue Jan 17 04:57:00 PST 2012

Dimensional Fund Advisors gets little respect from Morningstar -- here's why

What euro downgrade? Stocks turn in solid gains

Mon Jan 16 10:18:36 PST 2012

On the first trading day after the mass S&P downgrade of nine member countries, European stocks have an up day

Do stocks always rise in a presidential election year?

Thu Jan 12 04:00:00 PST 2012

Look closely at the numbers before you invest in Year Four of the Obama administration