Personal Finance Daily: Why Wall Street hates lazy portfolios

Personal Finance Daily MARCH 27, 2012 Tuesday's Personal Finance Stories By MarketWatch Don't miss these top stories: 6 reasons why Wall Street hates lazy portfolios Tax rules for paying family for in-home care March Madness on Wall Street So-called "lazy portfolios" give investors a superior alternative to risking their retirement savings on Wall Street, but Wall Street doesn't like lazy portfolios because brokers only get rich, or richer, when investors trade, Paul Farrell writes in his column. Also on MarketWatch, Eva Rosenberg explains the complex tax rules on reporting income when family members are hired as caregivers. — 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. 6 reasons why Wall Street hates lazy portfolios Lazy portfolios give investors a far superior alternative than gambling retirement savings in Wall's Street's casino. Simple solution: Just three to 11 no-load, low-cost index funds, and zero trading. Read more: 6 reasons why Wall Street hates lazy portfolios. Tax rules for paying family for in-home care If you're paying your relatives, the tax implications are more complicated than they appear. Read more: Tax rules for paying family for in-home care. INVESTING March Madness on Wall Street Investors can do stupid things after their favorite sports teams lose, and with the Final Four playing this weekend, Mark Hulbert advises thinking twice before doing anything rash with your portfolio. Read more: March Madness on Wall Street. Liquidity flood lifts Mexico stocks The Mexican stock market is now actually one of the closest of any major exchanges in the world to making a new all-time high — and quite deserving, Jon D. Markman writes in the Trading Deck. Check out the stocks that have caught his eye. Read more: Liquidity flood lifts Mexico stocks. Can Micron stay in Wall Street's good graces? Given the 30% surge in Micron Technology Inc. (MU) this year, investors would never know the memory-chip market has been in a down cycle, Therese Poletti writes in Tech Tales. Read more: Can Micron stay in Wall Street's good graces? ECONOMY & POLITICS Court takes up mandate to buy insurance Central issue behind President Barack Obama's health-care law sparks a rigorous debate among Supreme Court justices. Read more: Court takes up mandate to buy insurance. U.S. consumer confidence dips in March A gauge of consumers' level of confidence declines in March as they temper employment expectations, while views on the present situation rise to the highest level since 2008. Read more: U.S. consumer confidence dips in March. City-by-city breakdown of home prices The following is a roundup of the city-by-city breakdown of the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite released Tuesday. Read more: City-by-city breakdown of home prices. Springtime for U.S. housing The long-hoped for bottom in the housing market appears to be at hand. Read more: Springtime for U.S. housing. 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