Liz Claiborne Inc., Juniper Networks, Tiffany & co. and Netflix Inc. are among the companies that could see active trading on Tuesday.

Stocks to Watch: Stocks to Watch Tuesday: Liz Claiborne, Netflix

Corporate boards have been busy, with a handful announcing plans for dividends and stock buybacks.

Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Thursday: Novellus, FedEx

Retirement Savings: we continue to read the grim statistics about the American savings rate. so you may be very surprised to hear that at least one financial planner says we’ll need less money than we thought during retirement.
Living to 100: For a split second you probably thought you have enough retirement savings. well, and this is good news, you may come up short. Scott Burns of MSN Money explains how a longer life span requires thoughtful planning.
IRA Investments: Conventional wisdom says that it’s better to hold bonds in tax-protected vehicles …

Two Dow components stand out among a handful of retailers slated to report quarterly results early Tuesday.

Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Tuesday: Home Depot, TransCanada

Wall Street finds reason for hope in Italian bond auction, the leadership change in Greece and decline in U.S. jobless claims.

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks rise as European worries ebb

MarketWatch?s daily rundown of major gainers and decliners in the U.S. stock market.

Movers & Shakers: Monday?s biggest gaining and declining stocks

For some reason, people automatically assume they need to get more conservative in their portfolio when they retire. it?s probably because they read it in a financial magazine somewhere that says all retirees should do it. But, times have changed. People are living longer, healthier lives than their parents did and your money needs to last a lot longer.
Your retirement could last for 2-4 decades and most people severely underestimate their retirement income needs. At the very least, you should maintain at least 30-40% of your money in stocks. …

U.S. stocks end higher, but Dow has worst week since 2008, down 6.4%

U.S. stocks end higher, but Dow has worst week since 2008, down 6.4%

Not only did their retirement savings shrink when the Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 16 percent in three weeks. Suddenly, they faced the prospect of paying thousands of dollars more in taxes than otherwise necessary. That’s because the tax cost of changing an account is fixed at the time it’s formally converted by your brokerage or investment firm.
Roth IRAs provide tax-free growth and have surged in popularity because of both their long-term tax and savings advantages and the relaxing of rules in 2010 that barred those with incomes above …

What emerging markets do to help themselves can benefit economies on a global scale ? and this may be set to continue as developing countries make more moves to control inflation and tame currency appreciation.

Emerging Markets Report: Emerging markets rate cuts offer hope for stocks