Bernie Madoff, aka inmate No. 61727-054, personifies why it's essential to be careful with your money. Recognizing that consumers are stung every day on a much smaller scale, David Bach offers his latest book "Fight for Your Money: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a ...

OLD RULE: Invest the bulk of your assets in the stock market. NEW RULE: Only opt for stocks if you have a cast-iron stomach. Instead, divide your money evenly among stocks, real estate, and fixed-income investments. The old formula — subtract your age from 100, and invest that percentage of your money in stocks — turned out to be too aggressive, says ...

The God of Small Things has enjoyed a fulltime month. The human propensity to gather, hoard, tabulate, display goes all the way from stamp collecting, trainspotting and birdwatching to the glories of great libraries and museums collecting facts and freaks, coins and Rembrandts, instruments scientific and musical, antiquities and Klees, first editions of Newton or a complete run of Beano ...