Bob Frick

We tend to pay off the card with the smallest balance first, regardless of the interest rate.

Booming guitar sales are helping propel profits at -- where else? -- Guitar Center.

Put more cash in your pocket and protection in your portfolio with these solid funds that pay good dividends and high interest.

Retired U.S. Army officer Justino Sosa of Chicago has a new career teaching personal finance at a community college like the one that put him on the r…

A hot business climate, cool amenities and cheap-and-easy living earn Omaha our top spot.

Thanks to the bear market, many stocks are delivering extraordinary current yields.

Forget Wall Street’s calls. We tell you which newsletters and Web sites are the most helpful.

Set goals and monitor your spending and saving to strengthen your financial resolve.

Virginia's Indian community thrives by encouraging its young people to get good educations and start small businesses.

Use the resources to hire a qualified contractor.

Just the thought of money can make us focus more on ourselves than on others.

Leasing a home solar power system can deliver savings on your electric bill immediately -- if you live in the right place.

Your alma mater needs you.

In his latest book, Yale’s Robert Shiller offers his ideas for fixing the world of finance.

This fund's performance has been impressive, but its manager's silence makes it hard to recommend.

This book on how our minds’ intuitive and logical parts work together can help us recognize investing mistakes.

Russell Roberts, a professor of economics at George Mason University, says government bailouts left bondholders reckless.

Giving up a lump sum in favor of a series of payments may wreak havoc with our mental accounts.

Both of these extreme spending personalities suffer pain and guilt when faced with opening up their wallets. Here's how you can strike a better balanc…

You'll beat tricky merchants and let bad shoppers pay for your bargain.

The relationship between happiness and income can be summed up in a simple equation, but really, it's complicated.

David Tice of Dallas, Texas, was famous for dire forecasts when he ran the Prudent Bear fund. But after he sold the fund, he helped bankroll an uplift…

Doug Noland, the Prudent Bear Fund senior portfolio manager, has predicted credit problems for years. What's he saying now?

Believing in the illusion of control, or the ability to forecast the future, can cause overconfidence in investors and harm to your portfolio.

Step one: Recognize -- and overcome -- the psychological hurdles that influence our behavior.

The key to successful investing is in how you divvy your assets between U.S. stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, cash and other types of investments.

Web sites often low-ball the price or fail to return jewelry. Here’s how to get a good deal.