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You might care for your money more than anyone else, but you have to give it the utmost level of concern and protection, writes Chuck Jaffe..

Honda’s thoughtful redesign of the best-selling CR-V has produced a solid, well-made crossover at a reasonable price, says Ron Amadon.

The weekly highlights cover a broad range from Amazon to Facebook and from politics to payrolls.

The good news is that there aren’t a slew of tax-law changes to deal with this year. The bad news is that the changes taxpayers need to contend are not trivial. Read that story, plus find out how your Super Bowl bet will be taxed, all in this week’s Taxing Times.

More people are looking to move to Florida than move out of it, with many house hunters from locales such as New York and Chicago searching for properties in the Sunshine State, according to a new report from Trulia.com.

The U.S. economy added 243,000 jobs in January, some much-need good news after a long drought — though the past six months have been better, on the jobs front, than you may think. Read that story and more in today’s Personal Finance Daily.

Buying foreclosures to turn them into rental properties is tricky business. Mack Companies, a Chicago real-estate firm, invests in about one out of every 40 homes it inspects. MarketWatch's Amy Hoak looks at why some make the cut and others don't.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Labor unveils two executive actions designed to “help enhance security for millions of Americans saving for retirement.”

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The state of New York is suing Bank of America Corp. , Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. , claiming that they made fradulent use of an electronic mortgage database, according to published reports Friday. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the database, known as the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), has been used so that banks can "evade county recording fees [and] avoid the need to publicly record mortgage transfers," thereby making it easier to sell mortgages in large numbers, Reuters reported. The suit comes at a time when many Americans are in foreclosure or under the threat of such an action, due to the weakened economy.

You might like Facebook, but dig into the registration paperwork for the company’s massive IPO and the social-networking firm gets a big thumbs down. In fact, says Chuck Jaffe, it’s the Stupid Investment of the Week.

Sunday’s match-up between the New England Patriots and New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI could draw a record TV audience. It already has enticed 7,500 to pay for entrance to the event’s media day this week.

Behind a blizzard of negative headlines about the developed world’s debt problems, emerging-market bonds in Asia and elsewhere are catching the eye of global investment managers looking not just for yield, but also for stability and sustainable growth.

The allure of penny stocks is simple: They don’t cost much money and promise big profits. But trading penny stocks is also a good way to lose money, writes Michael Sincere. Here are 10 ways to trade smartly.

One advantage exchange-traded funds have over traditional mutual funds is they can be traded throughout the day. That’s also a disadvantage for most investors, writes Conrad de Aenlle.

There are several ways to sell a share in your home, from sharing the space with others to selling future equity to an investor, Lew Sichelman writes.

One rap on indexing is that you are guaranteed nothing more than average results. In fact, index funds may be ‘average,’ but the average can outperform.

The Obama administration on Thursday proposed new rules aimed at encouraging retirement savers to tap annuities and other products that allow them to turn their savings into a guaranteed monthly income for life.

Under a new regulation, sponsors of retirement plans will be required this year to disclose details about plan features, investment options and fees to participants, beneficiaries and even workers who are eligible to participate in a plan but don’t. Here’s how to figure it out.

Under a new Labor Department regulation that goes into effect this year, sponsors of retirement plans will be required to disclose detailed information about plan features, investment options, and fees and expenses to participants, beneficiaries, and even workers who are eligible to participate in a plan but don’t. Here’s how to figure it out.

Investors are wondering about the Facebook status of their mutual funds, meaning whether their fund has a piece of Facebook and stands to profit from the social-networking firm’s initial-public offering, writes Chuck Jaffe..