Actions speak louder than words, as the old saying goes.
So why does the media focus so much attention on what Wall
Street says about companies, instead of what it
doeswith them?

Earlier this year, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
received an additional slug of capital from taxpayers to digest its
Merrill Lynch acquisition. In addition to $20 billion of TARP funds, the bank received what's called a ring-fenced asset guarantee on 90% of a $118 billion pool of assets.

It wasn't perfect, but after the last couple of years we've had, investors should be happy to take it.

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Chinese travel-services provider Universal Travel Group (NYSE: UTA) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

Moody's released an industrywide report on credit card quality earlier
this week, and there's really only one takeaway from it: There's no
recovery in the credit card industry.

I received an email from United Online's (Nasdaq: UNTD) Classmates.com the other day, informing me that a high school friend had signed up.

The new bill makes provision for builders suffering losses in 2008 and 2009 to claim refunds from the tax paid in the previous five years.

A Christmas without gifts is unimaginable. But there is no need to empty your pockets. You can shop as well as save.

You might think that prudent living is about having less and doing less, but it is actually doing more with what you have.

If, after 2008, you still expect the stock market to fund
your retirement, most people probably consider you a few
Congressmen short of a bailout. (Zing!) Yes, it was tough
being openly optimistic after a year in which every bull
became a steer.