Walmart's New Health Food Push: Is It Too Hard to Swallow?
Bonds Are a 'Safe' Investment: A Big Lie Gets Even BiggerIn the News:
Desperate Investors Making Bad Moves
There is no shortage of bone-headed moves that panicky investors are considering -- requiring their advisers to make timely interventions. The financial distress caused by the stock market's wild gyrations has investors itching to DO SOMETHING and many times it is the wrong thing.
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/desperate-investors-making-bad-moves/198748
7 Stocks With Improving Profit Margins
Arch Coal, Darling International, Guess?, Jos. A Bank Clothiers, NYSE Euronext, Raytheon and Sykes Enterprises are the stocks that make the cut in SmartMoney's newest stock screen.
http://www.smartmoney.com/stock-screen/index.cfm?story=7-Stocks-With-Improving-Profit-Margins
An Unbelievable Yield
You can get 5% or better in a tax-free money-market fund. Is this for real? For now, it is.
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/balance/archive/2008/balance0930.html
Should the FDIC Raise Insurance Limits to $250,000?
At first blush, the higher FDIC insurance limits appear to be beneficial for consumers -- after all, more of their money is guaranteed to be safe -- but the new limits may not be everything they're cracked up to be. Here's what consumers need to know.
http://www.smartmoney.com/deal-of-the-day/index.cfm?story=The-Flip-Side-of-Raising-the-FDIC-Insurance-Limits
The Most Counterfeited Products
U.S. officials alone seized more than $113 million in knockoff goods so far this year, up 2% from the same period last year. That's only 5% of what experts estimate makes it to the U.S. each year. Nearly every industry is affected, ranging from footwear to pharmaceuticals to batteries. Here's a look at some of the industries popular with counterfeiters.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/10/1002_counterfeit/index.htm
Goldman Earnings Sink After Buffett Dividend
Johnson & Johnson's Income Falls 23%
Burberry Shares Leap on Sales Update
