Investing

Muhammad Yunus won a Nobel Peace Prize for getting microfinance off the ground and into the mainstream. But after Yunus was fired due to Bangladesh's mandatory retirement age, many question the future of micro-credit loans.

The insider trading trial of the Galleon Group founder puts the hedge fund industry in the spotlight. Are these traders geniuses or just connected?

Economist Gary Schilling explains what it means to be two full years from the low point of the stock market. And what it means for ordinary investors.

What's a good way to lose money in the market? Buy high and sell low. A surprising number of people are doing exactly that. Jason Zweig, of the Wall Street Journal, talks about this emerging class of so-called "Sheepish Bulls."

Tess' conversation with Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal about Sheepish Bulls is a timely reminder just how poorly most of us are at…

Question: I was into my safe deposit box and found some shares of Chemical Waste Management, Inc that was taken over by WMX Technologies in 1994….

Race and the Recession: How Americans are getting by is an incredibly rich series. The survey is by the Washington Post, the Kaiser Family…

Tess Vigeland and MSN's Liz Weston answer listener questions. This week, Liz offers suggestions on the best way to get out of debt and tell us whether or not it's wise to invest in the stock market over the housing industry.

For the winner of a German investment contest the answer was easy — a little bit of luck and a lot of derivatives.

JPMorgan Chase is starting a fund to invest in private Internet media firms. But with bubble-like valuations, is it too late to get a good price?