 Personal Finance Daily MARCH 26, 2012 Monday's Personal Finance StoriesBy MarketWatch
Amy Hoak has it. In her Home Economics column today, she writes about seven projects that will really pay off, helping you avoid more costly repairs and perhaps even lower your insurance costs. Also on MarketWatch today, Jennifer Waters has tips to help avoid identity fraud, particularly if you have a smartphone. New mobile and social technologies go hand-in-hand with increasing risks to your important personal data. — Anne Stanley , Managing Editor, Personal Finance You're invited: MarketWatch ETF event If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and you're interested in exchange-traded funds, we'd like to invited you to a free live event in April. Join us for an evening of cocktails and conversation about the risks and opportunities of trading ETFs. Our guest panelists will be Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments and editor of ETFtrends.com; John Nyaradi, publisher of Wall Street Sector Selector; and Jim Wiandt, publisher and chief executive of IndexUniverse.com, Exchange-Traded Funds Report and Journal of Indexes. The event will be on the evening of Tuesday, April 17, in downtown San Francisco. To get more details and RSVP, send an email to MarketWatchevent@wsj.com by Tuesday, April 10. 7 spring home repairs that save you money The recent unseasonably warm weather in many parts of the country has homeowners already contemplating post-winter home repairs and improvements as they begin their spring cleaning. Here are some that can yield substantial savings. Read more: 7 spring home repairs that save you money. Smartphones hike your risk of ID fraud Smartphone users are about one-third more likely to fall prey to identity fraud than the general public, and ID fraud overall is on the rise, a new report finds. Read more: Smartphones hike your risk of ID fraud. Credit-card rewards get richer Banks and credit-card companies are giving out record rewards to people who sign up for their cards as competition for well-heeled customers reaches a fevered pitch. Read more: Credit-card rewards get richer. 2013 Mazda CX-5 Mazda has produced a more-than-competitive package in the smaller-crossover sector with its redesigned CX-5. Read more: 2013 Mazda CX-5. INVESTING Apple dresses up fund managers' appeal Apple's dividend shows how some mutual funds use hot stocks to game the system and fool investors. Read more: Apple dresses up fund managers' appeal. China favored in fund-manager survey Fund managers attending a major institutional-investor conference in Hong Kong last week were most upbeat on the Asian consumer and most negative on utility stocks, while geographically they most favored equities tied to China and were least keen on those in Japan, a poll showed. Read more: China favored in fund-manager survey. Why the oil markets ignore the Saudis The Saudis recently promised to make up an oil shortfall that might occur if Iranian supplies are interrupted. But the market price continued to run up. Amotz Asa-El asks the question: Why is the oil market ignoring the Saudis? And he offers some answers. Read more: Why the oil markets ignore the Saudis. Dines rebounding — again? An apocalyptic letter is surprisingly calm about stocks and gold. Read more: Dines rebounding — again? Caribbean's bounty could help the U.S. As the U.S. emphasizes trade with China, we should look to where China is trading. A lot of that trade is coming through the Caribbean and into the Americas. Read more: Caribbean's bounty could help the U.S. ECONOMY & POLITICS Bernanke: Not clear if good jobs trends will last Federal Reserve chief points to accommodative monetary policy as helping underpin labor-market improvement, but he says greater economic demand is the best means to ensure jobs don't deteriorate again. Read more: Bernanke: Not clear if good jobs trends will last. Pending home sales decline Pending home sales dipped slightly in February, according to an industry trade group. The National Association of Realtors said its pending sales index fell to 96.5% last month from 97.0% in January, although it's still 9.2 percentage points above its year-ago level. Read more: Pending home sales decline. Get the latest news on our mobile site: http://www.marketwatch.com/m  MarketWatch has sent you this newsletter because you signed up to receive it. To ensure you receive this newsletter in the future, please add marketwatchmail.com to your list of approved senders. Sent to: kumaresan.selva.blogger@gmail.com Unsubscribe | Subscribe Copyright 2012 MarketWatch, Inc. All rights reserved. MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (updated 6/26/07). MarketWatch - Attn: Customer Service, 201 California St., San Francisco, CA 94111 |
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Personal Finance Daily: Seven spring repair projects that pay off
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