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This income investment has become more attractive recently. Yet because it's perceived as being strictly for the wealthy, many ordinary Americans never think twice about it.

In the wake of Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing, some speculators will be tempted in the coming days to nibble on the company's battered shares. But if you know what's good for your portfolio, you'll stay away.

Millions of investors have discovered how profitable dividend stocks can be, and it's not hard to find great companies for your dividend portfolio. Here are the five Dow stocks that best combine high dividends with a consistent track record of gains.

The Occupy Wall Street crowd has plenty of reasons to complain about how the big financial institutions treat Main Street America. But you'll be shocked to find out how poorly the masters of the investment world treat their richest clients. Multimillionaire and ex-CEO Al Checchi pulls back the curtain.

Filmmaker and political gadfly Michael Moore has joined the Occupy Wall Street movement, and his tirades against corporate greed, bailouts for bankers, unemployment are all mostly accurate and on point -- but when he says "the 99%" should stay out of the markets, he's giving terrible financial advice.

Enron may be the most infamous, but it's just one of many instances of financial chicanery in recent corporate history. Examples of such shenanigans are rich, ripe, and recurring, right up to the present.

Discount brokerage king Charles Schwab never actually sat daughter Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz down for a talk about the financial birds and the bees when she was a youngster. But she managed to to pick up his philosophy, passion and advocacy along the way to her own investing career.

With Christmas and New Year's just days away, WalletPop hopes to spread some holiday cheer. Here are answers to some of your questions to help usher in 2010 on the right financial footing. Question: We're retirees age 70 and older holding an IRA rollover. In 2010, will we have to take money/stock...

I leaped at the opportunity to read and review WalletPop blogger Lita Epstein's new book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Value Investing" because I represent the target audience. For 'close your eyes and throw a dart' investors like me, this book is an excellent guide through the jungle of the...

This is part of a new series of columns called "The Naked Truth," by retirement expert Dan Solin. Please bring him your questions, in the comments box, and he will answer as many as he can. Good news! Alan Greenspan has agreed to help you invest for retirement.How fortunate you are! You have so...