11 Smart Places to Invest Your Money Now

As the economic recovery takes hold and the investing landscape shifts again, it’s important to adjust your investment strategy to take advantage of the new opportunities. Here are 11 areas experts think you should consider put…

For Big Banks, Dividends Set to Make a Comeback

As big banks start reporting earnings, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is the latest exec to talk about dividends. Overall, Wall Street is expecting the big banks to post strong results, including improved credit quality and increased…

Dividend Payments Jumped by $26.5 Billion in 2010

U.S. companies added $26.5 billion to dividend payments in 2010 — a far cry from 2009’s $42.4 billion decline — and analysts predict an even better year for dividends in 2011, a windfall to investors that could lift equity m…

10 Secrets of the Most Successful Amateur Investors

If 80% of professional fund managers underperform the market, how can individuals like you hope to succeed? In a new book, Matthew Schifrin of Forbes hunted down 10 of the best-performing mini-Buffetts over the past decade to g…

DailyFinance’s Top 11 Value Stocks for 2011

Wall Street’s consensus sees the S&P 500 tacking on an 11% gain over the next 12 months — with lots of ups and downs along the way. That has us inclined to play defense, with an eye toward bargain stocks paying generous, susta…