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A Look at the Craziest Tax Write-Offs

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It's hard to think there's anything funny about taxes when you're under a mountain of paperwork, but CBS News contributor and analyst Mellody Hobson has a little comic relief for taxpayers.

5 Last Minute Tax Tips That Are Often Overlooked

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The midnight rush to get your taxes filed by April 15th is going to be heavier than usual this year, as up to 25% of taxpayers are estimated to wait until the final two weeks to take care of this annual headache.

2% returns a day? Run away

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With interest rates on safe investments running anywhere from 0.01% to 1.5% a year, you don’t have to be a securities regulator to know that any investment offering 1.5% to 2.1% interest a day might be a scam.

13 Surprising Facts About Your Taxes

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Paying taxes is on everyone's mind, rarely in a good way. Knowing some pithy facts about our tax system and how you fit in may not make you feel any better.

Should Social Security own stocks?

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The so-called trust funds out of which the Social Security pays benefits to retirees are expected to run out of money in 2033. Is this a problem that the stock market can solve?

3 ways to solve the retirement crisis in the U.S.

Read more: 3 ways to solve the retirement crisis in the U.S.

You might think it’s impossible to avoid a retirement crisis in this country, especially in the wake of a report this week that shows Americans are not very confident about their prospects for having a comfortable retirement.

5 Reasons Why Your Credit Score May Not Matter

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One of the most common misconceptions consumers have about credit scores is that they only have one. In fact, there are many credit scoring models that all feed off of the same data that you see on your credit report.

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3 Market Rally Risks

02-04-2013 Stock Market

3 Market Rally Risks

It’s April 1st, which might be a good day to ask if the market has been playing a big April Fool’s joke on us with the 10% (or more) rally on ...

Why S&P Rally Has Another 100 Points to Go

02-04-2013 Stock Market

Why S&P Rally Has Another 100 Points to Go

On March 11 this year the S&P 500 (^GSPC) index moved above 1,550. The index remained above 1,550 for most of March.

Cramer: Will These 10 Stocks Keep Winning?

02-04-2013 Stock Market

Cramer: Will These 10 Stocks Keep Winning?

Sometimes pros buy high and sell higher. Jim Cramer crunched the numbers to determine which leaders might continue to drive the market in Q2. ...

Cramer: 3 Threats to the Market Rally

01-04-2013 Stock Market

Cramer: 3 Threats to the Market Rally

From the ongoing European debt crisis to the troubled Chinese stock market, investors shrugged off a number of concerns to help the stock mark...

Don’t Invest in Blackberry: Brian Sozzi

30-03-2013 Stock Market

Don’t Invest in Blackberry: Brian Sozzi

Blackberry surprised investors this morning by reporting a fourth quarter profit and increased demand in its new Z10 smartphone.

Hedge the Price of Your Coffee With Shares of Starbucks: Najarian

30-03-2013 Stock Market

Hedge the Price of Your Coffee With Shares of Starbucks: Najarian

Rising commodity prices get front page treatment, but price drops are printed near the obits. Consider coffee beans.

3 Reasons Investors Shouldn’t Cheer an S&P 500 High

30-03-2013 Stock Market

3 Reasons Investors Shouldn’t Cheer an S&P 500 High

As the S&P 500 continues to hit resistance near its record closing high of 1,565.15 set on October 9, 2007, investors are spending a lot o...

S&P 500 ends at record closing high

30-03-2013 Stock Market

S&P 500 ends at record closing high

The S&P 500 set a record closing high on Thursday, finishing a fifth consecutive month of gains to extend a four-year rally.

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Investing 101: Anatomy of a Bull Market

This weekend marked the four year anniversary of the 2009 market lows, and it come...

2 Basic Rules That Investors Always Fail To Follow

2 Basic Rules That Investors Always Fail To Follow

Listen to Jim Cramer or his cohorts on CNBC and you’ll hear statements like, “Don’...

3 stock picks from the next David Einhorn

3 stock picks from the next David Einhorn

There are two ways of taking advantage of the investment prowess of hedge fund man...

3 Stocks for a Fairly Valued Market

3 Stocks for a Fairly Valued Market

It may have been self evident to the signers of the Declaration of Independence th...

Keep it Simple to Succeed, Says Ritholtz

Keep it Simple to Succeed, Says Ritholtz

Despite all our good intentions, it is often said that we are our own worst enemy ...