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The AssetMark co-founder is melding his philanthropic passion with his investment expertise to found an index of social venture funds. Giving will never be the same.

Can baby boomers really save the economy, and are they responsible for it breaking down in the first place?

“While developed markets have very significant debt issues—as do global consumers as debt carriers—contrast that with corporations around the world, which have more cash than in decades,” says Lisa Myers, manager of the $959 million Templeton Income Fund.

Banks, losing fees elsewhere, are looking to investment services to make up the difference.

The high-yield market has been going great guns this year, but there’s a new caveat for those kicking the tires: a slower-than-expected recovery.

Poverty is sky-high and unemployment remains relentless. Is the new small business bill just a band-aid that can't stop the bleeding?

A new study by Ameriprise Financial finds anticipation has been replaced by hesitation.

If money is the root of all evil, then Wall Street certainly provides the tree and branches—at least that appears to be the perspective of filmmaker Charles Ferguson.

President Obama wants to let them expire. The Republican leadership wants to extend them. This is not a clear case of Republicans versus Democrats however.

A recent study indicates the housing crisis has worsened an already-precarious financial condition.