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The high-profile outside hire plays well in the media and gives shares a boost, but the effect is fleeting.

Richard C. Morais, Forbes.com
Forbes cannot promise retirees "paradise on $30 a day." Quite the opposite. We promise seniors wishing to move out of the U.S. that they will not find paradise anywhere.

The stock market is a foggy window on the economy. Follow the pink ties and restaurant garbage piles.

U.S. wealth, measured in assets under management, has fallen farther than its transatlantic cousin's.

Richard C. Morais, Forbes.com
Are you approaching retirement with visions of your spouse and you traveling to the far corners of the earth? Or perhaps even retiring to a faraway beach bungalow?

Michael Maiello, Forbes.com
On Tuesday, the Institute For Public Policies released the study, "America's Bailout Barons," which is, so far, the most definitive look at who made the most money during the most troubled years on modern Wall Street.

Melanie Lindner, Forbes.com
OK, maybe you don't keep a formal budget. But we bet that the last 18 tough months have made you look harder at how you sprinkle your discretionary dollars (as opposed to those spent on necessities like food and housing).

As Apple and Google's businesses converge, Apple's ability to create different experiences for the mobile user is standing out.

Parmy Olson, Forbes.com
If you're a wealthy Brit, you will soon have one less place to hide your money from the prying eyes of the taxman. The U.K. government and Liechtenstein have just forged an agreement that marks one the most significant developments in the crackdown on tax evasion since the G20 event in London hyped up the issue.

Scott Woolley, Forbes.com
Emotions can be expensive, especially when you start making investing decisions with your gut instead of your brain. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid--or at least limit--the mistakes that we oh-so-human investors tend to make.