Friday's Personal Finance Stories
By MarketWatch
Don't miss these top stories: How can you protect yourself, and your retirement savings from unscrupulous advisers? Robert Powell writes today in his retirement column that investors need to be careful when entrusting their portfolio to advisers and brokers. What to do? Know your adviser, check their credentials and background; and take the time to understand the investment products and services you are buying. What else? Check out the links in Bob's column to Finra's BrokerCheck and the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure sites online.Also on MarketWatch today, Lew Sichelman writes in our Realty Q&A column about ways home buyers can give their bid the edge in markets where some types of properties are getting multiple offers. The key is to make sure your loan or other funding is locked and the seller is confident of your being able to do the deal.— Anne Stanley, Managing Editor, Personal FinanceProtect your retirement from scams
Most financial advisers have their clients' best interests at heart, but there are a few bad apples. Here's how to protect yourself, and your retirement funds, from rogue brokers and bad advice.
Protect your retirement from scams Outsmarting other bidders in hot housing markets
In many parts of the country, in most price ranges, the best properties are suddenly getting offers from multiple bidders who know a good thing when they see one. Sometimes, though, the highest offer isn't the one that's accepted, Lew Sichelman writes.
Outsmarting other bidders in hot housing markets ECONOMY AND POLITICS
Spain's Valencia region seeks financial aid
The Spanish region of Valencia says it will apply for financial aid from a newly created government fund, as it struggles to refinance maturing debts.
Spain's Valencia region seeks financial aid Charting Bernanke's pessimism on the economy
The week's indicators show slowing momentum in retail sales and the jobs market, and a mixed set of reports from the suddenly relevant housing market. See the charts.
Charting Bernanke's pessimism on the economy Skepticism about Dodd-Frank two years on
Two years after the sweeping Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law, banks are paring operations and ramping up compliance, regulators are drafting mountains of new rules, and observers still doubt the financial system is any safer than it was after the 2008 financial crisis.
Skepticism about Dodd-Frank two years on INVESTING
Food and water investments to weather drought
Record heat, dry skies, and acres of drought-stricken corn are stressing farmers and cereal makers, but commodities and natural resource investors are cool and composed.
Food and water investments to weather drought Facebook vs. Google? Maybe not
It may be time to throw out the conventional wisdom that says Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. are locked in a struggle for the online advertising market, writes John Shinal.
Facebook vs. Google? Maybe not Volatility just ain't what it used to be
Volatility is just one more reason retail investors have abandoned the market like the plague, writes Howard Gold. Only problem is, it isn't true.
Volatility just ain't what it used to be Sir Richard Branson's real impact
Sir Richard Branson has some big ideas about making money while saving the planet, Thomas Kostigen reports.
Sir Richard Branson's real impact 
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