Fiscal Magic

My recent column about Roth IRA conversions unleashed a flood of more than 100 reader e-mails illustrating widespread confusion and misconceptions.

THE law says you must maintain your parents.

The Twins are serious about acquiring right-hander Rich Harden from the Chicago Cubs, and the Cubs may be more open to dealing Harden than originally thought, major league sources told FOXSports.com on Saturday.

Cash really is trash. The average taxable money-market fund yields 0.08 percent. The yield of the average tax-free money fund is 0.12 percent.

British soldiers are being forced to train with blanks rather than live rounds to save money.

There’s nothing like a financial crisis to focus the mind on, well, finances. That applies to children as well.

Call it the tightwad paradox. Ultrafrugal people are likely to have money in the bank and be in good financial position, which should contribute to their happiness. But that death grip on their dollars can detract from it.

Money markets are investment vehicles, not bank savings accounts, which means investors may sometimes lose money.

Want to make money online There are alot of people having a very hard time trying to make money online with google. A simple search will turn up millions of results of websites all teaching you a different way to make money online. This can make things very confusing and leave you scratching your head wondering what actually works.

The Hopewell Valley Regional School District recently collected $28,571 in revenue under the state’s Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program, which rewards businesses, homeowners and others for producing clean energy.