Jim Otar doesn't much care what you think. As the Canadian financial adviser likes to say in his eastern-Balkan accent, “You can't please everyone. I'm 58 years old. I'm deep in the ‘Gree

Professor Wolfinger, Please correct me if I’m wrong but you never mention the use of a probability calculator (e.g., Monte Carlo Probability Calculator) as a way to get help in choosing the s

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The market kicked off the week with a down day but this shouldn’t come as a surprise to investors after a 4-week run that saw the S&P 500 move up by more than 15%. The popular averages were

Snap those towels, boys, because Procter & Gamble (PG) will soon slap “Official Locker Room Product of the NFL” on about a dozen products, including Old Spice, Gillette, Febreze, Head

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The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

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