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By JONATHAN BURTON (See Corrections & Amplifications item below.) Investing is complex rocket science that requires professional help—at least that’s what the professionals usually say. Journal Reports Read the complete Investing in Funds report . WSJ.com Podcast Hear Marketwatch’s Jonathan Burton explain the benefits of a simple retirement ...Read More

By JANE HODGES Making money in real estate? Surprising but true. Journal Reports Read the complete Investing in Funds report . Despite continued bad news about the economy and real estate’s role in it, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the real-estate sector have rebounded during the past ...Read More

The expiration of a tax cut on dividend income wouldn’t likely spur firms to significantly cut their dividend payouts, say some scholars who study the relationship between tax rates and corporate behavior. View the entire post here: Higher Taxes May Not Push Firms to Cut Dividends

Kori Stanton’s online cookie business seemed to be off to a promising start last spring when its goodies were featured on the “Rachael Ray Show.” Be Specific In selecting a business name, entrepreneurs also should keep in mind how it might be applied to a website address, says ...Read More

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Sinan Al-Shabibi, tells The Wall Street Journal’s Jon Hilsenrath, how Iraq managed to control inflation and what lies ahead for the rebuilding country’s economy. View the entire post here: Video: Controlling Inflation in Iraq

By JONATHAN CHENG It is the ultimate bunker portfolio.Amid the market tumult, a handful of stocks have seen their share prices ratchet up to record highs in recent weeks. And many of them are connected by a curious, if disconcerting, thread: Between them, they provide an investor with ...Read More

If you’re going to charge me $23 a bottle for vodka instead of $9, shouldn’t the more expensive stuff taste at least twice as good?One would like to think so.But I recently held a blind taste test comparing super-luxury Grey Goose (I paid $22.99 for a bottle), a ...Read More

Ahead of an important speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday, the buzz at this year’s annual Fed retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is who’s not here and who is. In an effort to make room for more foreign dignitaries, the Kansas City Fed, which organizes the ...Read More

If you walk out of the cinema this week with a burning desire to read Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” you can download it onto your Amazon Kindle electronic book reader–if you have one–for $12.99.Then again you could just walk into your local Borders bookstore with a coupon ...Read More

U.S. manufacturing activity surged after the recession, propelling the early stages of the economic recovery. Can it continue expanding to offset weakness in the consumer sector and the slowdown in stimulus? The Journal discussed the prospects for manufacturing with Thomas J. Duesterberg, president and CEO of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, ...Read More