Americans love Prada, Gucci, and stylish Italian suits, but will they trust Italian engineering and buy a Chrysler with a Fiat engine?The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Chrysler is betting

Mark Twain once quipped, "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." Sound advice, except when it comes to tracking down money to finance your college education.

If only life were that simple -- maybe we could pick health insurance like we do items from the McDonald's (MCD) Dollar Menu (or the bill of fare at Nobu): a la carte. But life isn't simple, so rathe

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet -- but new names for Intel’s (INTC) chips are creating a stink among some prospective buyers.Once upon a time, chip names told you what you were ge

Are the various central bank-liquidity facilities and capital injections having the desired effect of unclogging credit markets and restoring confidence in the world’s financial system? This is

Greetings from New York, where I’ve got, in effect, a layover between an incredibly gratifying but very long road trip and a trip to Denver for a debate with the CFA Society of Colorado between

1. What Happens When the Bailer Becomes the Baillee?So, we learned this morning that the International Monetary Fund is now hitting up world governments for additional cash, saying it could run out o

Are the various central bank liquidity facilities and capital injections having the desired effect of unclogging credit markets and restoring confidence in the world’s financial system? This is

In order to gauge the progress being made to unclog credit markets and restore confidence in the world’s financial system, I monitor a range of financial spreads and other measures. By perusing

In response to several of my earlier pieces, fellow Minyans have asked how the individual investor might obtain information about convertibles. I suggested googling the name of the company along with