What to Look for in a Financial Planner Only 10 percent of the nation's more than 500,000 licensed financial planners are qualified to render such advice, investigators for Consumer Reports say. Financial planning is a largely unregulated industry and virtually anyone who can afford business cards can set up as a "planner," the report says. It claims the industry is made up o...Read more

8 Safe Investing Tips The economy occasionally heads south. When it does, you have to take a close look at your finances and review, regroup and perhaps recoup.Real estate in many markets has lost its luster. Bonds are either mired in controversy or priced at levels where it's hard to imagine much of an upside. The yield on cash investments has trended lower with the Fe...Read more

Investing for Your Retirement Turning a novice investor loose with an Internet investment account is like leaving a kid alone in a candy store.Everything looks good and promises such wonderful rewards, but overindulging -- especially in the wrong confection -- can bring with it a world-class upset stomach.To begin, understand that all investments have their inherent perks and p...Read more