They hold out the promise of a big score—and pay generous distributions of income in the interim. But risks abound.

An increasing number of bank and financial-services clients are going paperless. So how do you store those important documents securely and reliably?

More investors have big chunks of their retirement savings in "target-date" mutual funds. But these simple-seeming vehicles can be unexpectedly complicated.

Season-ticket sharing websites let you buy tickets to a handful of games for one team.

Once relegated to the basement, the information-technology department has ascended into more forward roles throughout the workplace. But close working relationships with other departments hasn't always been easy.

What has driven the market into its sudden white-knuckle ride has been the fear that central banks may soon start bringing to an end their unprecedented policy of low interest rates and easy money.

You can give away as much as $14,000 this year tax-free to anyone you want. And you can pay for a person's medical and tuition expenses directly as well.

Branching out beyond your local market will likely require incurring additional operating expenses and making other adjustments. So identify them in advance and create a budget and strategy.

Utility boosters point to dividend yields that now average 4%, plus slow but relatively predictable profit growth of 4% to 5% annually over the next few years.

Al Lewis says the [baseball card] sector is overrunning the economy, that [baseball card] services really don't produce anything and that the [baseball card] system may require another bailout.