(photo: Starbucks) How would you like to pay for that latte: cash, card or… phone? After months of testing in certain markets throughout the country, Starbucks (SBUX) announced today the launch of its mobile payment program nationwide. Now, you can pay...
Anybody with common sense understands that saving money is important. Whether we’re talking about financing your future or investing capital for a higher return, you’d need the money to do it. The start of it all is savings. With long-term...
photo: alancleaver_2000 The stock of dividend-paying companies like Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble and McDonald’s might not be as sexy as high-fliers like Apple and Amazon.com — but consistent returns year after year are nothing to ignore. Traditionally, dividend stocks tend...
photo: twicepix The latest update to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ official unemployment rate — an increase from 9.7% in March to 9.9% in April — has, ironically, been heralded by many as good news. After all, in April we...
photo: Sverrir Thor After the devastating earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, we hardly needed another reminder of our helplessness before nature’s wrath. But there it is: a volcanic eruption in Iceland, whose massive cloud of black ash has grounded thousands...
As of this writing, the U.S. stock market indices have risen nearly 70% since they bottomed in March of 2009. (The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently topped 11,000 – a little over a year after it bottomed at 6,547 on March 9,...
Photo: Mykl Roventine The expression “as good as gold” suggests that gold is something of a sure thing when it comes to investments. But, while gold and other commodities remain a solid investment choice, when it comes to investing there’s...
