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Personal finance: Will you inherit comfort or chaos?News from Sacramento Bee:
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Chelsea makes good on Abramovich’s $ 2.8 billion investment by winning …News from Yahoo! Sports:
Chelsea’s nail-biting victory in Saturday’s Champions League final was the culmination of a dream that cost its owner Roman Abramovich an incredible $ 2.8 billion.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich lifts the UEFA Champions League trophy. (Reuters) Abramovich, a secretive Russian oil tycoon, has coveted this title more than any other since taking over Chelsea [...] Continue Reading…

Tips on avoiding marriage’s No. 1 pitfall: money troublesNews from NewsOK.com:Copyright ©2010. The Associated Press. Produced by NewsOK.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Newlyweds and couples moving toward marriage, take note. Love, as it turns out, is not all you need.
Not if your goal is to avoid the No. 1 reason marriages end in divorce: Money problems.

By ALEX VEIGA | Published: [...] Continue Reading…

Biased financial advice is shockingly common, but investors don’t take the …News from OregonLive.com:In recent decades, research has shown what Wall Street’s known all along: We are hazards to our own financial health.We overestimate our abilities or chase the hottest trend. We fall prey to inaction, procrastination and information overload. Losses hurt a lot more than gains soothe.Now, a flurry of research has emerged in the U.S. and Europe [...] Continue Reading…

Thursday’s Personal Finance StoriesNews from MarketWatch:

Don’t miss these top stories:
5 IRA timing rules that can derail your retirement
Another record low for fixed-rate mortgages
Foreclosure activity drops in April
Why ETFs can’t ‘like’ Facebook IPO.
Robert Powell writes that when it comes to individual retirement accounts, timing is everything. IRA account owners need to be aware of all sorts of different dates, ages and “clocks.”
Also on MarketWatch, Freddie Mac reports that the national [...] Continue Reading…

Financial advice for college gradsNews from WALA-TV FOX10:Updated: Friday, 18 May 2012, 9:20 AM CDTPublished : Friday, 18 May 2012, 9:20 AM CDT
College students graduating this year really need to be careful with financial moves.  A shaky job market and student loan debt could send some members of the class of 2012 toward credit cards.  But making the wrong decisions now can haunt you later.  
So, until you get [...] Continue Reading…

BofA’s Wealth Units Attract BiddersNews from Zacks.com:
Bank of America Corporation’s (BAC – Analyst Report) international wealth management units have attracted bidders from Europe and Canada, Reuters reported on Thursday. The list of bidders includes Royal Bank of Canada (RY – Snapshot Report) and Credit Suisse Group (CS – Snapshot Report). Switzerland-based JULIUS BAER GRP N is also keen on purchasing some…………… continues on Zacks.com
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US eases investment ban on BurmaNews from Washington Post:
The Obama administration will ease restrictions on U.S. investment in Burma, its latest and furthest-reaching step yet to encourage the long-isolated country’s reforms during the past year.
The policy change — announced Thursday afternoon after a meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Burma’s foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin — includes some safeguards that prevent American companies from doing business [...] Continue Reading…

Wednesday’s Personal Finance StoriesNews from MarketWatch:

Don’t miss these top stories:
Master limited partnerships: High yield, big risks
Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures drop
Insurance policies you don’t need
The swing county that picks winners
J.P. Morgan may turn loss into gain
Investors are on the hunt for yield, and it may be leading them down dangerous paths. As Robert Powell writes in Your Portfolio, master limited partnerships and business-development companies are two potentially h…………… [...] Continue Reading…

3 ETF Trading Tips You Are MissingNews from ETF Database:

The growth of the ETF industry has led to major strides forward in democratizing the investment process, and ongoing evolution in the exchange-traded universe continues to bring forth previously hard-to-reach asset classes at the fingertips of mainstream investors. With innovation also comes complexity however, and ETFs are no different from other financial instruments in the sense that they are far from foolproof despite [...] Continue Reading…