A sign of good fiscal health is if you’re paying less than 30 percent of your monthly income on your housing costs. BusinessWeek recently ran an interesting story about homeowners who are paying a whopping 50 percent — or more — of...

Ever since I broke down and ordered cable, my wife and I have been checking out the seemingly endless parade of home shows on stations like TLC (formerly known as The Learning Channel) and HGTV. Some of the shows I like.

Ladies and gents, I have written for b5media for about 17 months now and today, my investing blog will come to an end. It has been a fun, interesting and educational tenure. The funniest moment would have to be receiving my first (and only) piece of...

I am a huge proponent of investing in what you believe in (It’s Chapter 13 in my book!). I’ve heard plenty about faith-based initiatives, but not so much about faith-based investing. According to TheStreet.com, over the past few years, the...

China’s leading search engine, Baidu (BIDU) posted a 41 percent increase in earnings and a 39 percent increase in revenues for the recently completed third quarter. Shares of Baidu lost 13 percent of their value in after-hours trading. Photo by danny...

According to the Associated Press, over 80 percent of companies that reported third quarter earnings in October 2009 beat Wall Street’s expectations. Photo by epicharmus, courtesy of flickr Is business booming or what? I’m leaning to the “or what”...

It’s Saturday and time for Following The Fool’s “This Week’s 5 Smartest Stock Moves.” The weekly list authored by Rick Munarriz highlights stock movements from the past week. Let’s see if any of the picks turned out to be smart moves in...