Given the choice between immediate gratification and savings for the future, most Americans opted for new Italian loafers or a flat screen TV. Bucking that trend is the recent 6.9% saving rate increa

Surprise! It's Christmas! (again...) Christmas always seemed to surprise me when I was first living on my own. It would be about this time of year I realized that I needed to spend a large sum of mon

First, terms on credit cards got harsher. Now some people are seeing higher fees on their checking accounts.Citibank (C) customers with Access or EZ checking accounts will now be charged a $7.50 mont

If you think you’re immune to the machinations of the credit-card industry, think again. Read every communication like it’s your very first one. I recently got a preferred customer 0% APR

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

Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e

Absent an eve of Halloween horror show, stocks will avoid a red October after snapping a recent slide in emphatic fashion on GDP figures which showed the worst recession since the Second World War is

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.In S

Stocks avoided a horror show on Stephen King’s 62nd birthday, though the Dow still dropped for a second day in three after September belatedly remembered its role as the market’s scariest

Editor's Note: Minyanville is excited to introduce our latest contributor, Gary Stern. Gary collaborated on Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity into a Competitive Edge (Harper Collins) and The Troubl