Reuters: Personal Finance
By Reuters
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Personal Finance Editor Lauren Young offers insights on investing, saving, taxes, mortgages, retirement and life.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoAmerican shopper happiest in four years | May 25 - U.S. consumer sentiment jumped to the highest since October 2007 as consumers bet the job market will improve and wages will rise enough to offset higher prices. Conway G. Gittens reports. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoBuying second hand is big business | May 17 - Charity shops are experiencing a record boom as more of the squeezed middle classes buy second hand in a bid to save money. Hayley Platt reports. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoGrads turn to video to land first job | May 4 - The U.S. job market is not getting better, as indicated by weak payroll gains in April, not a good sign for the thousands of graduating college students looking for their first jobs. One company, Readyforce, helps college students get a leg up in the job search with video interviews...and it's had some success. Jill Bennett reports. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoFacebook "likes" small investors | May 04 - The world's largest social network wants to “friend” individual investors in its roughly $10.6 billion initial public offering, launching a highly-polished video aimed at touting the company's growth prospects. Conway G. Gittens reports. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoHiring slows further in April | May 4 - U.S. employers cut back on hiring for a second straight month and the unemployment rate fell as the unemployed stop looking for work. Conway G. Gittens reports. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoLong-term unemployed must retrain, add skills: Manpower president | May 4 - Jonas Prising, president of ManpowerGroup, says those who've been out of the workforce for a long time need to keep up with skills employers demand so it will be easier to get rehired. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoFun ways to make tax refunds count | April 14 - The average IRS tax refund check is $3,000 prompting a personal finance expert to ponder some unconventional and fun ways tax payers could use the money the government has been sitting on this year. Jill Bennett reports. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoConsumers seek frugal upgrades to their homes | March 27 - In post-recession America, consumers are turning to not-so-extreme makeovers, opting for low-cost alternatives to freshen up their homes. Jeanne Yurman reports. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe great mortgage debate | March 21 - Mortgage rates moved to their highest level since December- but whether this is the beginning of a sustained move above historically low rates is the subject of much debate. Bobbi Rebell reports. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoMore pennies at the pump | Feb. 16 - Gas prices are on the rise well ahead of the spring driving season- costing drivers and businesses more than a few pennies and a lot of pain at the pump. Bobbi Rebell reports. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoBernanke downplays jobs upturn | Feb. 7 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sticks to the script when testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, despite signs of a strengthening economy, leading to further talk of a Federal Reserve that is behind the curve. Conway G. Gittens reports. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoWeaker euro good for exporters, tourists | Jan. 13 - As turmoil continues in the euro zone, the euro is trading at around a 16-month low against the pound and the dollar, which could be good for European exporters and visiting tourists. Joanna Partridge reports | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoTrading at Noon: Wall St. tumbles on downgrade talk | Jan. 13 - Bank shares led a 1 percent drop in U.S. stocks on speculation that Standard & Poor's was set to downgrade several euro zone countries. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoU.S. Treasuries will benefit from Euro Zone downgrade: adviser | Jan. 13 - Tom Bradley, President of TD Ameritrade Institutional, says the impact of S&P's possible downgrade of several Euro Zone countries will drive flight to safety in U.S. Treasuries. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoUptick in foreclosures is coming soon: RealtyTrac's Blomquist | Jan. 12 - Drop in foreclosures was due to delays in procedures not improvement in the market or economy, says RealtyTrac's Daren Blomquist. The only way out of the housing crisis is to let the market absorb distressed properties, he adds. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoTrading at Noon: Wall St. off 5-month high, energy drags | Jan. 11 - U.S. stocks pulled back from five-month highs in early trading, with pressure on the euro testing the view that U.S. equities were decoupling from the single currency. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoIllinois prepaid tuition plan needs transparency: Rep. Durkin | Jan. 11 - Illinois State Representative Jim Durkin says the prepaid college tuition fund needs more transparency in its investment decisions, but expects to re-open the fund in a short amount of time. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoState schools should share prepaid tuition fund risk: Hurley | Jan. 11 - SavingForCollege.com CEO Joe Hurley says states should share risks of their prepaid tuition programs with colleges, and that Texas's requirement that schools accept lower tuition is the way to go. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoTrading at Noon: Commodities lead Wall St. higher | Jan. 10 - U.S. stocks hit a five-month high after strong import data from major metals consumer China and a bullish forecast by Alcoa. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoU.S. Week Ahead: Jobs creation still not enough | Dec. 30 - Reuters Economics Editor Stella Dawson says expect Friday's non-farm payrolls to rise by 150,000 - still not enough to put a significant dent in unemployment. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoU.S. home sales hint at recovery after deeper slump | Dec. 21 - Though previous years of data on existing home sales in the U.S. were revised down, the latest increase in November suggests the residential housing market is in recovery. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoHow to play movie-related stocks | Dec. 21 - Box-office receipts in the United States have slumped in the weeks since Thanksgiving, but this week Hollywood is counting on several big movies hitting the big screen to reinvigorate its business. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoU.S. Day Ahead: Home sales drama expected, IFR says | Dec. 20 - IFR says Existing Home Sales should rise but revisions to past data might show the recession was worse than initially thought. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoWealth Strategies: Use market swings to rebalance portfolio | Dec. 20 - Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders gives an upbeat outlook for stocks going into 2012, but investors must use market volatility to their advantage. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoPayroll tax debate signifies wider crisis: Ferguson | Dec. 19 - Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor and author of "Civilization: The West and the Rest," says the payroll tax cut debate in the United States signifies a wider crisis in public finance. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
