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You would think if anyone could run an actively managed total return fund, it would be Mr. Gross. I assume that was precisely the thinking that made PIMCO's Total Return Fund so successful in attracting assets. So, what happened?
With far too little is being done to help the millions of Americans who have had their homes foreclosed this year, it seems like an Ebenezer Scrooge Christmas. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Your relationship with your money compares to a dieters relationship to food.
As a homeowner, you must know how your income and expense numbers look in the eyes of the lender and you must question authority; be the squeaky wheel, be your own best advocate and do not give up.
Workers in America -- organized and non-organized -- should not have their wages and benefits attacked, their Social Security benefits and retirement savings put at risk, or their jobs taken away by unfair globalization and trade agreements.
With 2011 right around the corner, chances are that you'd like to try something new. Here are a few folks with fantasy careers that I've happened upon. Perhaps one may inspire you.
The present housing picture could be scarier than The Picture of Dorian Gray or one of those ghost-filled haunted houses in the amusement parks. In fact, based on the risks, we could be talking about the scariest housing situation of them all.
Here we are in December 2010 having a debate about "tax reform" that hasn't even touched on a financial transactions tax and a tax on hedge funds. Help me out here. How is this possible?
This holiday season, more than half of consumers say they will do some form of shopping on their smartphone or mobile device. M-commerce has officially arrived.
Our best economic program right now is to shift money from the banks, and put it into the hands of consumers who might actually buy products and businesses who might actually hire more workers.
If we succumb to the maniacal protests of the deficit reduction fetishists and cut back net public spending now and drive millions more workers out of jobs, then we will be guilty of crimes against our children and grandchildren.
The Kernen mantra that we should just "get government out of the way" disguises the problem with misdirection.
Santa Bernanke's gift bag for equity lovers meant that bondholders -- who had been pouring money into fixed income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds -- received only painful tidings. What a fall from grace!
President Obama and the Democratic Congress could not muster the votes needed to overcome the Republicans and ended up extending the tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of the population. The Democrats will be faced with a similar situation at the end of 2011 when the Social Security tax cut is scheduled to expire, except that this time the tax cut in question will apply to overwhelming majority of working people.
As business owners, we all are trying to hang on for dear life. But how do you keep a grip when your fingers have grown numb?
Net neutrality is a nice idea, but it's hypocritical to demand that of their vendors when they don't provide it to their users. For some reason they are never called on this hypocrisy by the tech press.
The business of marketing is being driven by two seemingly contradictory impulses. Marketers know painfully well that engaging consumers is not only what you know, but how you express it.
If you have excellent credit, there's a good chance that you have a Visa Signature credit card, a World MasterCard credit card or an American Express charge card. If this is, indeed, the case, you might be in for one nasty surprise.
Once upon a time, 2-1/2 years ago, just as the financial crisis was starting to deliver a series of swift kicks to the stock market's nether regions, CNBC was a terrific, informative, "must-watch" business news channel. Then something happened.
Preeti Vissa, 2010.12.21