Question: What is the difference between a total world index fund and a total international index fund? How you see such funds as part of a retirement portfolio? –Dave, Apple Valley, Minnesota  Read More →

With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000.  Read More →

Question: I’m 28 and would like to have $1 million by the time I retire at 65. What are some of the investing options I should consider? –Joshua Sin, Fresno, Calif.  Read More →

You know what your financial priorities are supposed to be: Max out retirement savings. Build a cash cushion for emergencies. Get rid of any credit card debt. Save for your kids’ college education. Pay off the mortgage before you retire.  Read More →

Question: How can I compute the Dow Jones Industrial Average on my own each day? –Sam Cordova, Los Angeles, Calif.  Read More →

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You knew it couldn’t go on forever. And deep down, the spectacular run-up in stocks that began when the bear market bottomed in March 2009 was actually making you a little nervous. An 80% surge in just 13 months was starting to feel a lot like bubble territory. So yes, a breather was probably in order.  Read More →

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Question: When I retire, should leave my money in my company’s 401(k) or roll it into an IRA? –Mark, Plymouth, Minnesota  Read More →

During the mortgage meltdown in 2008, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel quipped that you should “never allow a crisis to go to waste.” He was referring to the Obama administration’s policy goals, but it’s not a bad maxim for investors.  Read More →

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Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pimco and manager of the planet’s biggest bond mutual fund, has some so-so news and some bad news.  Read More →

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Jason and Amanda Purnell met while getting their Ph.D.s in psychology at Ohio State, married in 2007, and were ecstatic when Amanda became pregnant shortly before they moved to St. Louis last July to be near family. Then they learned that their 22-week-old fetus had Down syndrome. They were shocked — at 29, Amanda was well below the at-risk age to conceive a baby with this condition. “The first 24 hours, I was inconsolable,” she...