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How do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth,...

LONDON (Reuters) - On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds". A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives at European blue chip companies -...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares climbed to a 5-1/2 year high on Friday as the U.S. dollar broke through the elusive 100-yen mark and extended its gains, with exporters and financials leading the charge on prospects of enhanced corporate earnings. The...

TOKYO, May 10 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average is expected to scale yet another five-year high on Friday as the U.S. dollar finally managed to break above the elusive 100 yen mark, putting the Japanese currency at levels that should generate robust...

(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The views expressed are his own.) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - If there is one thing that American workers should lament when it comes to their retirement security, it is the inexorable decline...

* Oppenheimer raises price target to $195 from $120 * Evercore raises price target to $130 from $115 * RBC raises target price to $250 from $210 * Forward PE 137.30 vs sector median 14.03 April 23 (Reuters) - Shares of Netflix Inc shares are set to...

Dean Zayed Tips: Build a laddered bond portfolio A laddered bond strategy is one where you buy individual bonds that have staggered maturities. The simplest way to do it is to buy a bond that matures in each of the next 5 years. As each bond matures,...

Some things never change. As you walk around the hospitality and pit areas at an IZOD IndyCar race you can still find Mario Andretti signing autographs more than five decades since he drove his first racecar in competitive open wheel racing. Andretti,...

When I was a grad student, I took out a student loan in the amount of $4,000. I didn’t need the money, I just thought it would be cool to have $4,000. Grants and scholarships paid my tuition, it was easy to find work for spending money, and...

Quick: Is that blue-chip stock mutual fund you own a "growth" fund or a "value" fund? The penalty for not knowing could be steep over the next few years. That certainly has turned out to be true for many investors so far in this decade. On average,...

The bond market has a serious PR problem: Nobody seems to believe there's much appeal there. And that's helping the stock market win more fans--because if there's little or no attraction in bonds, the crown in that beauty contest often goes to stocks...

* Actively managed funds. A mutual fund in which the fund manager is allowed to use his or her discretion to buy, sell or hold investments in the portfolio. Most funds are actively managed. Depending on the bylaws of the fund, the manager may have broad...