Put These 12 Financial Resolutions for 2011 on Your List

After the Great Recession and with volatile stock markets and unemployment keeping Americans jittery, more people are ready to commit to improving their personal financial situation in 2011. Here are a dozen steps that can help…

Street Smart: So, You Want to be a Stock-Picker?

Do you know the right way to pick winning stocks? Nikhil Hutheesing heads to New York’s Union Square to speak with holiday shoppers about how they shop for stocks. Then fund manager James Altucher gives his professional advice.

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Street Smart: So, You Want to be a Stock-Picker? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:00:00.

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What’s an Exchange-Traded Fund? [Video]


Laura Morrison, head of U.S. ETF trading and listings operations at NYSE Euronext, explains what these increasingly popular investment vehicles are and how they can best be used in an investment portfolio. She also talks about how how interested investors can purchase ETFs. [Video]

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What’s an Exchange-Traded Fund? [Video] originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:00:00.

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Savvy Tips to Help Shell-Shocked Investors Sleep Better

After getting hammered by the financial crisis two years ago, investors are finally showing signs of crawling out of their shells again. But they’re still scarred and likely to be playing it a lot safer this time around. A new …