Date: Tue, 7. October 2008 12:56:05

Anxious about your investments? You're surely not alone. But the answers given by advisors at a financial-planning convention in Boston aren't very satisfying to a consumer looking for some relief. Chuck Jaffe reports. (Oct. 7)

Date: Fri, 20. June 2008 08:44:00

Japan?s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. may invest 100 billion yen ($926 million) in U.K. bank Barclays Plc, which is struggling to shore up its depleted capital after suffering huge losses from soured investments tied to U.S. mortgages, according to several media reports.

Date: Wed, 30. July 2008 12:57:01

Tom Lydon, editor of ETF Trends and president of Global Trends Investments, says that the asset classes on the upswing for most of 2008 have fallen below their 200-day moving average and dropped significantly from their highs. That puts asset classes like energy, commodities and more -- including funds covering hote emerging markets like China, Russia and Brazil -- into the range where investors should unload.

Date: Mon, 15. September 2008 08:03:01

Money manager David Waddell of Waddell & Associates in Memphis, Tenn., says that the trading strategies that work one week are failing the next as the market flip-flops through the mortgage crisis, de-leveraging by hedge funds and more. As such, average investors trying to focus on a trading strategy are playing a game that is "pretty close to suicidal." Waddell's suggestions: More cash, and a willingness to take some beating while buying bargain-priced investments that aren't likely to pay off for 12-18 months.

Date: Wed, 27. August 2008 14:40:00

New York's attorney general reportedly is examining whether brokers at Fidelity Investments were offered incentives by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell auction-rate securities to investors.

Date: Fri, 18. July 2008 14:18:00

Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank by assets, says it lost money for the third consecutive quarter after writing down $7.2 billion of investments related to fixed-income weakness and consumer credit woes.

Date: Wed, 13. August 2008 22:13:00

Despite tough economic times, retirement savers ramped up their plan contributions this year, according to a new study by Fidelity Investments of the 401(k) plans it administers, covering 11.5 million participants.

Date: Fri, 1. August 2008 12:36:01

Mark Salzinger, editor of the No-Load Fund Investor newsletter, said that investors need to avoid managers who "believe the market is wrong and they are right." In a radio interview, Salzinger defined that type of manager as one who is unwilling to bend, losing objectivity about what is happening in the market and falling in love with investments in their portfolio. To that end, Salzinger said he would sell Bill Miller's Legg Mason Value Trust; he also suggested buying health-care funds.

Date: Fri, 23. May 2008 15:29:00

Emerging-markets bonds have withstood the credit crisis with less pain than in recent global financial crises, encouraging hopes that these investments have shed their status as particularly vulnerable to asset flight.

Date: Thu, 7. August 2008 14:50:00

Insurers across Europe reported declining profits Thursday as the credit crisis and tumbling stock markets hurt sales and forced them to take further write-downs on the value of investments.