Friday's Personal Finance Stories
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Don't miss these top stories: The stock market responded favorably to the Federal Reserve's announcement on Thursday that it would start buying about $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities every month. But skeptics say that the stimulus is like supplying a drug addict with more drugs — they'll need bigger and bigger hits to keep up returns. To that end, today's Weekend Investor looks at the stocks that will hold up even when the euphoria of the Fed's action dries up. On the top of the list: Good old Apple Inc. (AAPL) Read that story and more in today's Personal Finance Daily, including why iPhone fans should buy shares of Seagate Technology (STX) and the challenges that one Realty Q&A reader had in refinancing an investment home. —Amy Hoak , Personal Finance writer10 stocks least addicted to the Fed's QE3
U.S. stocks are partying like it's 2007 now that the Federal Reserve has pulled the trigger on QE3, but these 10 stocks are likely to be the most resilient once the euphoria fades.
10 stocks least addicted to the Fed's QE3. Why iPhone fans should buy Seagate shares
Investors who are contemplating the iPhone sales surge that will kick off this month as the new model goes on sale might feel compelled to buy Apple stock.
Why iPhone fans should buy Seagate shares. Do 'good' boardrooms boost returns?
Corporate governance advocates have long tried to persuade investors they can have it both ways: Do good, and you end up doing well too. New research suggests that advice may not hold true.
Do 'good' boardrooms boost returns? Health insurers hike rates, ignore government
Many health insurers hike rates and ignore government in much of the country. State officials say they have little power to rein in health-insurance rate increases.
Health insurers hike rates, ignore government. Refinancing an investment home
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae won't purchase loans from lenders made to anyone who owns more than 10 properties, and that rule probably won't change, Lew Sichelman writes.
Refinancing an investment home. ECONOMY AND POLITICS
NYSE Euronext faces first-ever SEC fine
NYSE Euronext is going to pay its first-ever Securities and Exchange Commission fine over allegations the Big Board gave preferential data to some clients.
NYSE Euronext faces first-ever SEC fine. Industrial production slumps 1.2% in August
Industrial production saw its biggest monthly percentage drop in over three years in August, in part due to Hurricane Isaac but also because of a big drop in car output.
Industrial production slumps 1.2% in August. Consumer sentiment reaches four-month high
A gauge of consumer sentiment is at its highest level in four months, led up entirely by brighter expectations in what could be a bounce from political conventions, according to data released Friday.
Consumer sentiment reaches four-month high. Consumer inflation jumps in August
Sharply higher prices for gasoline color a surge in the consumer price index for August, up
Consumer inflation jumps in August. Obama leads in Florida, Ohio, Virginia
President holds advantage in three of the states likely to determine who wins the White House in November, but new polls also contain some positive news for the Romney camp.
Obama leads in Florida, Ohio, Virginia. Grading President Obama on the economy
U.S. President Barack Obama has a mixed record on the economy, writes Howard Gold. Does he deserve another four years?
Grading President Obama on the economy. INVESTING
Apple wins German injunction against Motorola
Apple Inc. Thursday won an injunction against Google Inc.'s Motorola unit over infringement of Apple's "rubber band" patent, in a ruling which bans the sale of Motorola products in Germany that infringe the patent.
Apple wins German injunction against Motorola. Faber sees comeback for hedge funds, China
Marc Faber, famous for his bearish investment posture, sees the potential for hedge funds to make up lost ground and for equities in both China and Europe to outperform.
Faber sees comeback for hedge funds, China. No joy in Saverville: QE3 has struck them out
The Federal Reserve's decision Thursday to inject the economy with another round of financial stimulus, known as QE3, cheered stock investors, gold bugs and commodity bulls. But lonely savers, already struggling with low yields on bank accounts, certificates of deposit and short-term bonds, didn't get so much as a bone.
No joy in Saverville: QE3 has struck them out. Nasty customers and heartless managers
Darden Restaurants stands accused of violating labor laws, but the company says the suit is without merit, Al Lewis reports.
Nasty customers and heartless managers. Why defend dividends?
Raising the tax rate from the current top rate 15% for individuals will slow the U.S. economic recovery and job growth.
Why defend dividends? Same forces at play in Lehman collapse, QE3 rally
It's somehow fitting that the stock market would celebrate the fourth anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy by staging a huge rally. As Mark Hulbert writes, both the events of 2008 and those on Thursday underline just how inscrutable the markets can be.
Same forces at play in Lehman collapse, QE3 rally. 
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