Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

Italians rejected austerity plans in this week’s elections.

Nervous investors have missed billions in stock market gains over the past few years. But maybe they were smart to protect themselves.

You may have heard the phrase, “so goes January, so goes the year.” The phrase comes from the January barometer and is believed by some to be a predictor of the direction of the stock market for the coming year. Though it has its detractors, the son of the creator, Jeffrey Hirsch, editor of the