It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the “how much,” very few investors bother to ask, “How fast?” When judging a company’s prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it’s booking in the [...]

Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you expect the real estate market to thrive when the economy eventually and inevitably recovers, the iShares Cohen Steers Realty Majors ETF (NYSE: ICF  ) could save you a lot of trouble. Instead of trying to figure out which companies [...]

Bobby Kotick, the outspoken CEO of Activision Blizzard, has questioned whether high-profile sci-fi MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, can be economically viable for rival publisher Electronic Arts. Speaking at the Reuters Media Summit, Kotick drew on his company’s own experience in dealing with the owner of the lucrative Star Wars franchise as basis for [...]

As the holidays get closer, people often make time for baking cookies, creating homemade gifts, and wrapping presents. What if we took that DIY spirit one step further and delved into homemade projects that could save us money all year long? [In Pictures: 10 Ways to Avoid Online Scams] In Laurie Henzel and Debbie Stoller‘s [...]

Yesterday, WordPress announced WordAds, a program for hosted WordPress.com blogs to make some money off their sites. The first ads will come from the WordPress partnership with Federated Media announced at Web 2.0 this October. Interested users must apply to join WordAds, and it requires a custom domain, a service for which WordPress charges. In [...]