Retirement Investment Digest

If the market this year has you concerned with all the talk about a possible recession, let’s put it in perspective by taking a look at the Worst Market Crashes…

The American Stock Exchange and Bear Sterns launched the first actively-managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) today. The Bear Stearns Current Yield ETF will trade under the ticker of YYY (Amex:…

Far too often investment writers incorrectly assume that their readers understand what a mutual fund is. Read this article as an absolute starting point for learning about mutual funds….

Ever wonder what the backgrounds are of the people who typically serve on a mutual fund board? Take a look at the typical Mutual Fund Board of Directors….

The recent pounding Bear Sterns (BSC) took and the bailout from J.P. Morgan (JPM) reminds me much of the banking problems that plagued Black Thursday, 1929. Thank goodness the rest…

Touted as the biggest-ever domain name purchase, Fund.com is reported to have been purchased for $9,999,950 cash. Fund.com’s new owner, Fund.com Inc., trades with the ticker FNDM.OB. Fidelity owns…

According to data from the Spectrum Group, the number of new millionaires over the last year only grew 2%. In ‘06, the growth rate was 8% (11% in ‘05 and…

For the first time, 5-Year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are paying below 0%. Demand for TIPS have been high since late February as many investors expect inflation to be a…

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the man credited with cleaning up Wall Street while he was Attorney General - probably best known for uncovering the 2003 mutual fund scandals, finds…

Did you make New Year’s resolutions about your investing habits? Now that we’re part way into March and you’ve probably finished or are getting close to finishing your taxes, it…