;

Should I Pay My Taxes With Plastic? – SmartMoney.com

Worried about how you’re going to pay your tax bill? It might be tempting to slap it on plastic. After all, you can charge your 2011 federal income taxes on a Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card or American Express. What if you want a filing extension? No problem. Just charge what you expect to owe the [...]

;

5 Markets Beating the Housing Bust – SmartMoney.com

Stocks aren’t the only investments returning to pre-downturn levels. In some cities, home prices have recovered and in some cases even surpassed 2008 levels. Also See 5 Housing Markets Where the Action Is Housing Markets Not Sinking (Too Much) Time to Refinance? Existing home sales rose 4.3% in January from a month earlier to a [...]

;

Here’s How Moody’s May Be Failing You

Margins matter. The more Moody’s (NYSE: MCO  ) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That’s why we check up on margins at least once [...]