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Jill SchlesingerJill Schlesinger is the Editor-at-Large for CBS MoneyWatch.com. Prior to the launch of MoneyWatch, she was the Chief Investment Officer for an independent investment advisory firm. In her infancy, she was an options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York.
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Ask the Experts: Real Estate
Is it time to buy real estate? Our editors discuss mortgages and the housing market. If you have other financial questions, e-mail asktheexperts@moneywatch.com.
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Real Estate, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Ask the Experts, Jill Schlesinger, Jack Otter, Alison Rogers, Housing, Refinance, Mortgage. Bubble
Videos 2009-11-20
Mutual Fund Fee-asco
Here's a primer on mutual fund fees. I think that I held my hands in that particular position because I was subconsciously praying that after watching, everyone would dump their loaded funds and trade them for index funds! by Jill Schlesinger
Tags: Mutual Fund, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-11-20
State Unemployment Rates: A Small Victory For Little Rhody
I used to live in Rhode Island, which is why I still take an interest in what's happening there. Little Rhody has gotten crushed in the recession. The last vestiges of its manufacturing base have been vaporized and the contraction in housing have contributed to the state's dismal employment situation....
Tags: Unemployment Rate, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-11-20
Ask The Experts: Focus on Housing
We got a chance to bring in real estate gur-ess and MoneyWatch blogger Alison Rogers for this week's "Ask the Experts". Ali helped us get to the bottom of this week's rotten housing starts numbers and we even got to play a little Elvis Costello in her honor! If you...
Tags: Housing Start, Real Estate, E-mail, Blogging, Business Operations, Online Communications, Internet, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-11-20
Mutual Fund Fees: Are You Paying Too Much?
MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger breaks down the layers of mutual fund fees - from 'loads' to distribution fees.
Tags: Fee, Mutual Fund, MoneyWatch, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Jill Schlesinger, Financial Decoder, Mutual Fund Fees
Videos 2009-11-20
Wall Street's Dirty Secret: Nobody Really Knows
Yesterday, my physical therapist asked me, "So where's the market going?" I grinned and provided my usual response of "it could go up, it could go down and maybe it'll go sideways." With five pounds of ice on my shoulder, I started to think about the question more. ...
Tags: Paulsen Inc., Allocation, David Winters, Games, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-19
Economic Recovery: Wall Street and Main Street Diverge...Again
This worked perfectly: I go away on vacation and markets are somewhat hum-drum, but return to a 2% sell-off in the US, not to mention the 5.8% drubbing in Shanghai. The selling was attributed to a variety of factors: the weak Consumer Confidence report on Friday; a report that foreign...
Tags: Recovery, Wall Street, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-18
401 (k)s: Reboot Your Retirement - Open Your Statements!
The stock market was pretty scary for a while, but now with S&P 500 up 45% from the lows, it's time to wake up out of your fear-based stupor, open your 401 k statements and take control of your retirement! Maggie Rodriguez of the CBS Early Show...
Tags: Asset, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-30
Is Housing a Barometer for Recovery?
It's amazing what qualifies for good news during the nation's longest post-War recession on record. Yesterday, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index for May indicated that after almost three long years, we're finally seeing the early signs of price stabilization in housing. The report showed the first month-to-month...
Tags: Recovery, Recession, NBER, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-29
5 Lessons We've Learned from the Recession
Yesterday I scolded Wall Street for not learning lessons from the housing and credit bubbles. For the rest of us, the news is actually pretty good--it seems that the longest post-World War II recession has knocked some sense into us! Based on consumer confidence polls as well...
Tags: Recession, Income, Advisor, Investment, Personal Finance, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-28
Wall Street: 5 Lessons Not Learned
While many are celebrating "The Recession is Over!" I'm not feeling great joy. Don't misunderstand me--I want the economy to find its footing and for Americans to get back on their feet. However, the S&P 500's nearly 45% surge since the March lows (NASDAQ is up almost...
Tags: Wall Street, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Investment, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-27
Has Health Care Killed Regulatory Reform?
While everyone was celebrating Dow 9000 and deliberating the potential overhaul to the US health care system, I was depressed. What has happened to regulatory reform? Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee heard testimony from FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo on the regulation...
Tags: Health Care, Bernanke, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Cash for Clunkers Starts Today!
Today the government rolls out the Car Allowance Rebate System CARS, fondly known as "cash for clunkers". The nickname is actually a misnomer, because when you participate, Uncle Sam does not mail you a check for a new car. Rather, if you trade a gas guzzler with 18 mpg or...
Tags: Car, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-24
Health Care: How's it Going to Affect Me?
I've talked to health care economists, health care providers, insurance and pharmaceutical industry insiders and Americans of all income levels to discuss the current debate about health care reform. The consensus is clear: we need reform, but I/we don't want to bear too much of the burden. ...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Human Resources, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-22
The Fed's Exit Strategy: Local Lanes or Express?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is delivering his semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony about the economy before the House Financial Services Committee today and he will repeat the performance before the Senate Banking Committee tomorrow. Investors and economists alike would like some indication that the emergency measures that the...
Tags: Strategy, Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-07-21
America's Bailout Barons: Alive and Well
If you want to make yourself a little nuts, read about America's Bailout Barons. The Institute of Policy Studies released its annual report on compensation and the results are staggering. Here's one of the more disturbing sentences: "From 2006 through 2008, the top five executives at the 20 banks that...
Tags: Federal Bailout, Bailout, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-09-02
Credit Card Reform Won't Pay Down Consumer Debt
Starting today, the nation's banks must comply with the Credit Card Act of 2009. Although most of the legislation's key provisions will not take effect until February 2010, credit card companies must immediately begin to mail bills at least 21 days before their due dates and provide at least 45...
Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Phenomenon, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-20
5 Reasons Stocks Are Down
So far, September is living up to being the worst month for stocks. With an hour left in the trading day, US stock indexes are down about 1.8% on a day where the economic data was better than expected. The...
Tags: Stock, Index, Investment, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-09-01
The US Government MADE Money?
Last Friday, I noted that taxpayers had made money from TARP.  Nobody was talking about this too much--maybe a little August-itis or attention on the Kennedy funeral. That changed yesterday, when the New York Times reported that profits from the eight banks that have fully repaid the government total nearly...
Tags: Troubled Asset Relief Program, Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-31
Taxpayer Trading Strategy: Short FDIC Long TARP
The FDIC insurance fund that's intended to protect over $6 trillion of depositor assets, has dropped to the lowest level since the savings and loan crisis in 1993. That's not actually surprising or all that scary. Any of us could have done the math: the fund was worth over $45B last year...
Tags: Strategy, Bank, Troubled Asset Relief Program, FDIC, Financial Services, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-08-28