Lifestyle

For years, consumers have been told that the best way to foil identity thieves is to treat their Social Security numbers as if they were gold bars. It turns out that that advice is being undermined by government agencies and consumers who put personal information on social networking sites.

A new risk-mitigation concept called the comprehensive risk assessment seeks to insure investors against significant downturns through scenario analysis; incorporation of behavioral and neuroscience into decision making; and utilizing wider diversification.

Unexpected expenses can punch holes in your budget and even drain your cash reserves dry. When you need to put your hands on some ready cash, the choices may be few. Here are some ideas from financial experts.

The cost estimates for universal healthcare seem to change daily, but the one number that seems to keep bubbling up to the surface is $1 trillion. In case you missed that, I repeat: $1 trillion.

The federal HIT Policy Committee has approved revised recommendations submitted by the workgroup charged with putting together an initial definition of meaningful use in relation to EHRs.

Docs are now only increasingly coming out of training looking for a salary, benefits, and a ready-made practice, but older docs who are financially and/or emotionally overwhelmed are leaving their current situations and looking for cover.

Many people who flee high-tax northeastern states for low-tax paradises like Florida return north in the summer. So, where do they legally reside?

After a heady rally off its March lows, the stock market has hit some upside resistance, and each trading day brings new uncertainty. If you want to get back into this market, what’s the best way to do it?

Concierge medical practices, while certainly not recession proof, do not appear to have been impacted as severely as might have been expected.

Today, we’ll focus on design and discuss a strategy many wealth management firms use to achieve a client’s targeted rate-of-return while avoiding unnecessary risks, taxes, and expenses along the way.

When the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation takes over a failed bank, the first order of business is to try to find another bank that will buy the doomed bank’s assets.

You buy a new car and, and as a perk, you get a guarantee that you won’t pay more than $1.49 a gallon for gas for the next year. That’s the offer being promoted by Korean car maker Hyundai to new-car buyers.

Stocks finished higher after a tug-of-war session Tuesday. The NYSE composite climbed 0.8%, the S&P 500 0.5%, the Nasdaq 0.4%, and the Dow 0.3%.

Financially speaking, Honda's new Insight is a success and breakthrough. Now, you can buy an import automakers’ hybrid for below $20,000.

Time was when docs never thought about that phrase. After training, you started your practice; a self employed small business.

As banks tighten lending standards and insurance companies stiffen underwriting rules, your credit score has become one of the most important numbers in your life, right next to your Social Security number.

The market remains vulnerable to the possibility of a deeper retracement of the rally than any that has occurred to date prior to higher highs taking place.