Making Sen$e Oct 25 5 things you need to know about U.S. investments in Saudi Arabia By Gretchen Frazee
Economy Dec 19 Why fund managers from poor families achieve better results Researchers find that mutual fund managers from poor families consistently achieve better investment results than fund managers from wealthier backgrounds. By Making Sen$e Editor
Economy Aug 31 Taxes matter in mutual fund investments Millions of baby boomers who are set to retire over the next few years may someday regret that they did not pay more attention to the tax implications of their mutual fund investments during their working lives. By Kristen Doerer
Economy Aug 05 Watch Women’s fund seeks share of prosperity for female-focused firms By PBS News Hour
Economy Jan 11 Are You Getting Ripped Off by Money Management Fees? Photo by Cultura/yellowdog via Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Friday's comes from a reader at Next Avenue. The NewsHour has partnered with… By Paul Solman
May 27 Do Mutual Funds Count as Savings? Question: You recently did a piece on savings, and it made me wonder. Every month, I shunt some money automatically into mutual funds (nothing to do with an official retirement account). The portion that is in a money market… Continue reading
Oct 21 Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Money Market Funds By Admin, PBS News Hour The Federal Reserve took new steps Tuesday to loosen struggling credit markets, authorizing a new plan to inject liquidity into money markets as the government continued to search for ways to ease a global financial crisis. Continue reading
Oct 10 What would you do with your money if you had a high tolerance for risk? Question/Comment: If you had a high tolerance for risk, and you had a mutual fund, which you purchased in one lump sum, and it was down 33 percent, would you put more money into it to make it more like… Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch Financial Experts Examine Unsteady Stock Market The country's stock market has been unsteady and unpredictable in recent weeks. The NewsHour talks to two financial experts about the market's uneven pattern and what it might mean for the American economy. Continue watching