Money crunch
As stock prices have plummeted and market turbulence continues, Louisville financial planners are doing more hand-holding with edgy clients, reinforcing confidence that their investment fundamentals are sound.

Something to dull the portfolio pain
Some financial advisers are telling their clients to investigate mutual funds that short stocks First, stock market losses left a sting. Now, after a nearly 50 percent decline, the losses feel like an open wound.

Mutual Funds: Give yourself a smooth ride down Wall Street
Many Wall Street experts aren?t going to like this. Ditto the denizens of the mutual-fund business. More than a few financial planners will raise an eyebrow. But it has to be said: You can keep less money invested in stocks than the financial services industry would have you believe -- without giving up your retirement goals and with a lot less risk.

Chris Farrell: Now more than ever, check into adviser's credentials
QIs there a place to check the reputation of a financial advising company that offers annuities and other investment possibilities? There are many I have never heard of (not surprising) and very little on the Internet.

Improvements ahead for downtown Perris
After taking notes on residents' hopes and dreams for downtown Perris, the city's planners and architects are headed for the drawing board.

Retirees Who Help Adult Children Should Still Balance Portfolios
Jim Rogers has always put his children first.

Your Money: Giving the Gift of a Financial Planner
The holiday season should be about giving, but at the end of the season, most people can?t help but think it?s all about spending and money out the door.

Beware of free financial advice
Question: My wife and I are looking into getting some financial advice. Our bank says they offer free services through their financial adviser. This worries my wife because she thinks that the adviser will push the bank's agenda. Is it safer to go with an individual adviser, or is going with one with a bank just as easy? The Mole's Answer: I'm going to go with your wife on this one. But this ...

?Longevity risk?: When retirees outlive savings
Like many other elderly Americans, Edie Stark has been hard hit by the meltdown in U.S. financial markets. She is 84 and has been worried a lot lately about outliving her savings.

Long on nerve? Give short funds a try
First, stock market losses left a sting. Now, after a nearly 50 percent decline, the losses feel like an open wound.

Latest issue
In our cover story, Anil Netto takes a close look at the ongoing candlelights vigils where ordinary rakyat have been coming out to express their desire for justice and reforms. The vigil on 9 November was broken up by police and 23 people were arrested.

11,800 appeal county reappraisals
Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 12:42 a.m.

Investing in a rocky market
The recent volatility of the stock market has left investors at all income levels biting their nails, but there is a silver lining: When the market is down, it can be an excellent time to reallocate and rebalance your portfolio.

Kabarec Financial Advisors Selects BridgePortfolio to Assist With Back Office Operations
Local firm to utilize BridgePortfolio's total account solution product.

Dayton: School moving forward
DAYTON, Tenn. ? For the last few weeks, Dorcas Choge, a 35-year-old Kenyan, has spent her days alone in the Oxford Graduate School library looking for knowledge she can take back to her native land.

Council delays vote on Tollway land sale extension
Several City Council members sparred with Zarky Development over the extension of a deadline for the company to purchase land from the city along the Dallas North Tollway.

Funds option still a fine investment avenue
The hard core investors, the big boys, prefer to stay away from mutual funds, thinking it is for amateurs. And many rubbish off fund managers as well.

Doha museum sets mark for Gulf architects
Preoccupied with size and height (and yield), rulers and town planners in the Gulf have come up with an uninspiring collection of hotels, towers, freeways and shopping malls that have more in common with Basildon or Houston than the Middle East.

Cottonwood provides example for recharge
MURTAUGH, Idaho - When it comes to ground-water recharge efforts, forget about the ?big? projects, look for opportunities close to the source. That?s the lesson one ground-water district has learned after 16 years of using recharge to manage ground-water levels.

South Florida hotels seek to fill dates with conferences in economic downturn
South Florida hotels seek to fill rooms with conferences in economic downturn In today's tough travel market, South Florida hotels are getting aggressive to lure more groups and meetings to fill rooms.