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Jennifer Openshaw: Help your neighbors and country by spending stimulus check wisely
Our government is in the process of dropping about $100 billion on us. If you qualify for a stimulus payment, what you do with that money can make a big difference.
 Paul B. Farrell: Six reasons 'Lazy Portfolios' beat market timing every time
“The worst is likely behind us,” said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson last week. Start playing the market? Hey, why not? Another bull’s already predicting 16,000 on the Dow this year! But can you really trust him?
 Marshall Loeb's Daily Money Tip: How to find the right child-sponsorship charity
For years, anyone who has wanted could “sponsor” underprivileged children. Charities have set up extensive programs that make this possible.
 The Stockpickers: Income fund taps Telefonica, Canadian Oil Sands, McDonald's
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Income that keeps pace with inflation is a valuable financial tool for retirement. Mutual-fund manager Brad Kinkelaar is trying to provide just that as waves of retirees wash over the U.S. and other developed countries.
 The Stockpickers: High growth, high quality key for Franklin fund manager
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Mutual-fund manager Grant Bowers believes that now is the time for growth stocks.
 Personal Finance Daily: These 401(k) mistakes plague even older, supposedly wiser savers
Perhaps in an age where it is difficult to get people to save at all, we shouldn't criticize their investment choices when they are saving. But less than a decade after some of the biggest blow-ups in corporate history, tied to some of the biggest scandals ever, you have to wonder what is going through the heads of 401(k) participants who hold so much of their own company's stock today.
 Audio: Proper appreciation of risk is essential in building a portfolio
Christopher L. Jones, author of "The Intelligent Portfolio," says that many investors "fail to appreciate the trade-off between risk and return," which leads them to take positions that are first, too aggressive, and then too conservative, as investors bounce from taking too much risk to too little. Jones noted that investors need to understand the good and bad possible outcomes that accompany every investment outlook in order to choose the course that gives them the best probability of reaching their goals. "If you can't withstand a 15 percent loss," Jones explained, "you have no business being in a 100% equity portfolio."
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