Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

Investing stories this year included market volatility, a Facebook flop and the ongoing yield drought. What can investors learn?

Happy Monday! Facebook is public and Americans’ financial confidence swells. Here are the hot stories you need to read today.

In just one week, everyone will have a chance to own the social media phenomenon that is Facebook. The question is, should you?

The soon-to-be wealthy Facebook staffers also are going to face substantial tax bills.

With the meteoric rise of LinkedIn’s stock price following the initial public offering, or IPO, on Thursday, talk has turned to short selling the social media network’s shares. The price of the stock is forecasted to decline on Tuesday after trading constraints are lifted, the Financial Times story “Short sellers set to target LinkedIn” reported on