Gail MarksJarvis
Gail MarksJarvis is an award-winning financial columnist for the Tribune, a TV commentator and the author of the Excellence In Financial Literacy Education Awards book of the year winner, “Saving for Retirement (Without Living Like a Pauper or Winning the Lottery.” Her columns on the economy, markets and personal finance strategies cut through investing hype and the get-rich-quick strategies that often leave people licking their financial wounds. They are read by millions throughout the country.
Recent Articles
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A month after investors fretted that Ebola, Middle East fighting and worldwide deflation would pull the rug out from under the stock market, stocks have taken an impressive turn for the best.
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Halloween has just passed so should you be getting ready to serve Thanksgiving dinner, shop for Christmas or Hanukkah, or plan for April?
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One of the magic ingredients that's been sweetening the stock market the last couple of years has been the popular practice of companies buying back shares of their own stock.
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That was fast.
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If a new bout of recession and deflation takes hold in the eurozone, investors worry the U.S. could be infected too.
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Q: I've been planning to invest a large amount of money in a Vanguard index fund. Just when I was ready to fill out the forms the Dow Jones industrial average started to fall and alarming news stories were calling it a correction. I don't want to put money into this fund and immediately lose...
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Investors continued to run for safety Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down another 173 points, to 16,141. But it could have been worse. In a rush to the exits earlier in the day, the Dow had plunged more than 400 points.
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Finally, some relief. But barely.