 Headlines
- Israel Supreme Court Rules Against Offshore-Gas Deal
- California Moves Toward $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage
- Oil Giants Draining Reserves at Faster Pace
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How to Help Keep Identity Thieves Away
The more business we do and information we share online, the more identity theft becomes a growing threat to our financial security. There are
ways you can help protect your good name and credit. Here are some tips to help keep you and your family safe.
Monitor Your Accounts
This goes for everything you have financially -- credit cards, banks, brokerages, credit unions -- as well as email and social networking accounts. You should also monitor your phone bills (both cell and landline), as thieves can "piggyback" on your plans.
But above all, be sure to check your monthly financial statements carefully.
Read the rest of this post on "Identity Theft Safe Guards".
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 The Markets
Are corporations in the United States struggling?
The efficient market hypothesis suggests it's impossible to outperform the stock market because current share prices reflect all relevant information.
In other words, stocks should always trade at fair value and it should be impossible to invest in a stock that is overpriced or underpriced. The Economist reported there are two issues efficient market theorists have trouble explaining. The first is market bubbles, "where entire markets get out of whack with traditional valuation measures and then collapse." The other is pricing anomalies.
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By the Numbers
Notes: S&P 500, Gold, DJ-UBS Commodity Index returns exclude reinvested dividends (gold does not pay a dividend) and the three-, five-, and 10-year returns are annualized ... more important disclosure mentions found here. (We urge you to read the entire disclosure statement.)
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