Tuesday's Personal Finance Stories
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Don't miss these top stories: The price of a college education has escalated but paying back those student loans may not sting quite as much if you are able to score a high salary shortly after graduation or even halfway through a career. That's why SmartMoney did an analysis of salaries and tuition costs, coming up with payback scores at 50 of the country's most expensive schools. The results can help people make the call on whether to shell out big bucks for that college diploma at an elite school. Read that story, and check out the school rankings in today's Personal Finance pages. Plus, don't miss a slide show on the 10 best U.S. suburbs to live in, read the latest on home prices and consumer confidence, and learn how to best capitalize on flight delays.—Amy Hoak , assistant editorWhich colleges help grads snare top salaries?
The cost of college has escalated from unsettling to obscene.
Which colleges help grads snare top salaries? The 10 best U.S. suburbs to live in
People tend to move out to the suburbs for a yard, the quality of the school districts, safety or the ability to buy a bigger house than they can in the city. But some suburbs outshine others.
The 10 best U.S. suburbs to live in. How to capitalize on flight delays
As American Airlines' labor dispute with pilots causes a blizzard's worth of delays and cancellations, passengers are understandably frustrated. But there are ways to make the best of a flight delay.
How to capitalize on flight delays. Consumers' real problem with credit scores
People are likely to end up with loan terms that are different from what they expected to get, or they could waste time applying for a loan for which they're not qualified.
Consumers' real problem with credit scores. Is it stupid to save? 5 alternatives
The current low interest-rate environment means that now may be the best time to put that money to work in other ways.
Is it stupid to save? 5 alternatives. The devil in the housing report details
Home prices are rising, experts say, but not as much as some reports may suggest. And to maintain a realistic view of any real-estate recovery, it may be wise to err on the conservative side
The devil in the housing report details. What to make of Schwab's ETF price cut
Charles Schwab won headlines Friday with its promise to cut annual investment fees on its line of market-tracking exchange-traded funds. But investors hoping to score a deal still need to do the math.
What to make of Schwab's ETF price cut. ECONOMY AND POLITICS
Faster mortgage sale helps borrowers: Treasury
Ramping up sales of $1.2 trillion in mortgages owned by government-controlled housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will help taxpayers and benefit borrowers, according to analysts and a Treasury Department official who spearheaded the initiative.
Faster mortgage sale helps borrowers: Treasury. Consumer-confidence gauge at 7-month high
Led by expectations, a gauge of consumer confidence jumps to its highest level in seven months — but remains relatively low.
Consumer-confidence gauge at 7-month high. Home prices climb for fourth month in row
U.S. home prices rose in July for the fourth straight month to reach their highest level in nearly two years, according to t
Home prices climb for fourth month in row. City-by-city look at July home prices
Here's a city-by-city breakdown of the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite, which showed a 1.6% monthly jump in house prices in July.
City-by-city look at July home prices. SEC charges firm with high-speed manipulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged a New York-based brokerage firm with allowing overseas investor customers to manipulate publicly-traded stocks.
SEC charges firm with high-speed manipulation. Fed's Plosser slams QE3
Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Fed, said QE3 wasn't needed and wouldn't do much. His remarks show deep divisions remain on the central bank
Fed's Plosser slams QE3. INVESTING
Dow will repeat 2007-2008 peak-crash cycle
Dow skyrockets near 20,000 by 2014? In two years? Then crashes near 10,000 by 2016 presidential elections? Possible? You bet. Déjà vu 2007-2008.
Dow will repeat 2007-2008 peak-crash cycle. U.S. vote cited in possible delay on Greek bailout
Recent reports say European officials don't want Republican Mitt Romney to win the White House, so they're going to drag their feet on the Greek bailout until after the election, but the U.S. elections are the least of Europe's problems, says Darrell Delamaide.
U.S. vote cited in possible delay on Greek bailout. Behind the puzzling gains in confidence
Simultaneous gains in stocks and housing likely behind perking up in confidence measures, writes Steve Goldstein.
Behind the puzzling gains in confidence. Falling profits spell trouble ahead
After a lengthy skein of yearly gains, quarterly corporate profits are falling, which Irwin Kellner sees as a sign that the economy may soon decline as well.
Falling profits spell trouble ahead. True meaning of Dow transports' weakness
The Dow transports, as virtually everyone who is even slightly paying attention already knows, are seriously lagging the Dow industrials. It is widely assumed that this bodes ill for the stock market. But Mark Hulbert has grown less sure.
True meaning of Dow transports' weakness. Don't let Obama claim this victory
The president has talked tough about reining in Wall Street, but his record is one of inaction or missteps.
Don't let Obama claim this victory. 
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