Online Investing

Then, having decided on the type of investment, you must choose from overwhelming numbers of individual investments—more than 10,000 publicly held companies and in excess of 14,000 mutual funds, for example. With the explosive growth of onlin...

Financial firms only raise their rates so far above the market averages to capture business, but even a fraction of a percent can help. In the past, finding better interest rates was a real chore, so many people simply took what their bank of...

When you build your own bond portfolio you can customize it so the bonds mature exactly when you need the money. For example, if you want to create a bond portfolio that matures when your kids' college bills are due or when you retire—and you...

Of course, you can save some money with astute housing research and tough negotiating, but you can save thousands of dollars quite easily just by finding a mortgage with a great rate, up-front points you can live with, and low fees. HSH Assoc...

Many companies aren't good investments. Some don't grow enough. Some don't grow at all. Others are growing, but cost too much to offer you a sufficient investment return. Others are growing and reasonably priced, but too risky for your peace ...

When you want to define sophisticated screens, in which you combine tests or screen with numerous financial measures, you need a screening tool that provides access to dozens of financial measures, and includes arithmetic and logical operator...

Downloading screen results to a spreadsheet gives you the most flexibility, because you can bring all of Excel's features into play to evaluate your contestants. However, if you use Quicken.com's stock screens, the Compare Stocks feature di...