by KAREN HUBE
Barron's Cover Story
June 20, 2011
Shortly after George Altmeyer of Bucks County, Pa., retired from his senior-management job at a large industrial company, hal...
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Personal Finance: Investing
Quarterly analysis of top-performing funds in each category ranked by yea...
by SUZANNE McGEE
"Rich Advice"
Barron's Annual Ranking
June 6, 2011
When Christiane ...
by JEFF REEVES
June 16, 2011
From SmartMoney.com
Things have been bleak on Wall Street lately and many i...
by RUTH SIMON and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
June 04, 2011
Weekend Investor
The Clouds Haven't Quite ...
by SAABIRA CHAUDHURI
July 2, 2011
Weekend Investor
It isn't enough simply to sign a bunch of papers...
by GENE EPSTEIN
Cover Story
July 4, 2011
After a decline this summer, crude's price is likely to ri...
by DAISY MAXEY
July 6, 2011
FUNDAMENTALS OF INVESTING
Many investors inadvertently imperil their nest e...
by DAISY MAXEY
July 6, 2011
FUNDAMENTALS OF INVESTING
Many investors inadvertently imperil their nest eggs, financial advisers say.
When investments don't pan out, investors often complain about their financial advisers. But there's another side to that story: Advisers say investors are often their own worst enemies. And the pros have no shortage of stories about misguided investment behavior to back that up.
by GENE EPSTEIN
Cover Story
July 4, 2011
After a decline this summer, crude's price is likely to rise sharply by next spring. It will hurt the economy, but it won't be a disaster.
by SAABIRA CHAUDHURI
July 2, 2011
Weekend Investor
It isn't enough simply to sign a bunch of papers establishing an estate plan and other end-of-life instructions. You also have to make your heirs aware of them and leave the documents where they can find them.
by JEFF REEVES
June 16, 2011
From SmartMoney.com
Things have been bleak on Wall Street lately and many investors are wondering if they should call it quits. After all, it's been a pretty good run on Wall Street across the last 18 to 24 months.
Don't do it. The next leg up for stocks could be even bigger.
by KAREN HUBE
Barron's Cover Story
June 20, 2011
Shortly after George Altmeyer of Bucks County, Pa., retired from his senior-management job at a large industrial company, half his stock portfolio vanished. It was wiped out by the stock-market crash of 2008. But Altmeyer, 67, never lost a night's sleep, and he doesn't worry about whether he will run out of retirement income. His secret? He bought two kinds of annuities in 2007. "They give this blanket of security—it doesn't matter what the stock market does, really," he says.
by RUTH SIMON and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
June 04, 2011
Weekend Investor
The Clouds Haven't Quite Parted, But the Long-Term Case for Home Ownership Is Looking Stronger.
by JON LAING
"The Happy Warrior"
Barron's Annual Ranking
May 23, 2011
The stock-market collapse of 2008 claimed many victims in the hedge-fund industry, as portfolio values plummeted and a cascade of redemptions made the losses permanent for some investors. One manager who survived the mayhem and has prospered since is Bill Ackman, the 45-year-old chief of Pershing Square Capital Management. His funds under management have risen from $6.7 billion in August 2008, just before the crash, to $10.3 billion. Nearly all that growth has come from superior performance -- his Pershing Square LP fund is up 16.64% a year compounded for the period 2008 through 2010 -- rather than new money.
by GLENN RUFFENACH
July 1, 2011
From SmartMoney
Best moves for getting your estate in order, after the Tax Relief Act of 2010.
by NICOLE RIDGWAY
June 11, 2011
Weekend Investor
Credit unions increasingly are opening their doors to a broader group of people -- and offering deals that handily beat those offered at fee-heavy big banks.
Renter Nation
Barron's Cover Story, July 26, 2010. The recession and changing demographic will swell the ranks of people who will rent, not buy, housing over the next five years.
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How to Think Smarter About Risk
The Wall Street Journal, 6/13/2010. Too many investors may be taking big chances with their money because they aren't considering the most important asset of all: themselves.
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By Leslie Scism
One of the best investments of the past decade was one of the most derided: the variable annuity.
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by SUZANNE MCGEE
February 21, 2011
Our annual listing of America's top 1,000 financial advisors reveals a reshuffling of the top ranks. Who's No. 1 in your state?
by VITO J. RACANELLI
February 14, 2011
..And the Award Goes to Apple!
A fall from grace is both difficult to watch and morbidly fascinating. Whether the subject is a person of high regard or a greatly respected company, often it is impossible to look the other way.
by MICHAEL SHARI
February 7, 2011
Two straight years of strong returns have made fund investors more comfortable with risk. Don't get too comfortable.
by J. ALEX TARQUINIO
February 1, 2011
As most funds struggle to beat the market, we found a dozen managers who have come out ahead year after year.
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