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By ELEANOR LAISE Computer-driven mutual funds, chastened by a string of poor results and a wave of redemptions, are striving to bring more of a human touch to their investment decisions. Journal Reports Read the complete Investing in Funds report . These so-called quantitative funds, which rely largely ...Read More

There is a new regulator in town. Will it make a real difference?The newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a wide-ranging mandate and broad powers for investigating and regulating things like checking accounts, credit cards, and education and home loans.There always is the risk that it will ...Read More

By DENNIS NISHI If job stress is wearing you down, and you want to spend more time with family but can’t—or don’t want to—quit your job altogether, it can be easy to feel stuck.But there’s an alternative to consider: a voluntary demotion.Many employees dream of lightening their workload ...Read More

By JONNELLE MARTE Before signing up, do some homework on the nonprofit you’ll be “working” for on your vacation.Start by researching a group’s financial health to make sure you’re giving your time and money to “an organization that is going to be here tomorrow,” says Ken Berger, president ...Read More

By ANNA PRIOR The lazy days of summer are a good time to step up your game.If you just landed a job after graduation or haven’t been onboard very long, you likely have little vacation time and might be tempted to take it easy at the office—especially while ...Read More

Some 16% of triple-A rated subprime-mortgage bonds issued in mid-2007 should never have received that rating, given the information available at the time. View the entire post here: Number of the Week: 16% of Bonds Misrated Even Using Lenient Standards

They say the time to buy is when there’s blood on the streets.But if you’re tempted to brave the red ink flowing in countries like Spain and Italy right now, be aware of what exactly you are buying.Some European countries’ stock markets are heavily dominated by a few ...Read More

BY STEPHEN KREIDER YODER, ISAAC S. YODER and LEVI YODER LEVI : Last week, Dad suddenly asked me: “What would you think of taking six months off to take a trip to trace the history of Western civilization?” He said we could start where the earliest Homo sapiens ...Read More

By DAVE KANSAS Stocks are gyrating wildly, governments are pledging to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to stave off a debt crisis and central banks are talking about emergency measures to keep banks lending.Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Tom Bloom It is. While the places are more exotic—Greek ...Read More

By CARALEE ADAMS Tiny Delaware’s three counties line a sliver of the East Coast from the lower reaches of the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean. Sussex County, the one facing the sea, is a mix of farmland and quaint beach towns, where several times each week Barbara ...Read More