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Dell has reportedly proposed a settlement to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the SEC staff likes and will recommend the commissioners accept. At issue is how Dell did its accounting on deals with Intel. Dell has already been forced to restate four years of manipulated earnings.

Thanks to the financial crisis, 401(k) investors have changed strategies, moving in and out of stocks, raising their bond holdings and making more use of investor tools.

Many retirement accounts are in tatters, but it turns out that a select few investing pros have produced exceptional gains -- in some cases more than 200 percent in cumulative returns -- over a most difficult decade.

We already knew that Raj Rajaratnam, the head of the now-liquidating Galleon Group who is worth $1.5 billion and is free after posting $100 million bail, allegedly traded on inside information. But up until Saturday morning, I had thought Rajaratnam's alleged insider information pertained only to...

Consumers constantly make trade-offs between fidelity and convenience, weighing the quality of an experience against the ease of getting that experience. We'll give up some fidelity to get more convenience, or vice versa. And the products that most people gravitate to -- the products that make...

Retirement mistake #5 is being tempted by exchange-traded funds. I don't understand the fascination with exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The good news is that ETFs track indexes and most ETFS are low cost. The bad news is that they are being misused by retirees and other investors.

For 30 years, Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, hasn't concealed his distaste for money market mutual funds. As chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, he may finally have the power he needs to impose regulations on money market funds that would make...

Employees are gradually returning to the idea of feeding their 401(k)s. In each of the previous three quarters, Fidelity reported that six percent of its 11.2 million plan participants cut their 401(k) contributions, but in the three months ending June 30, the tide turned. During that period, 4.7...

On the eve of my friend Bill Frank's 80th birthday, his wife Winnie announced that if Bill made the decision to retire she would be forced -- after 60 years of wedded bliss -- to pack up and move in with her sister in Indiana.I used to think Bill and Winnie were unique. But now as my husband and I...

Investors have long coveted hot initial public offerings. But access to the biggest IPOs usually requires big money and insider connections. However, a deal between Fidelity Investments and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. may change that. The companies are reportedly near a deal to give some of...