It seems that Wall Street investors are shifting focus from mortgages to “betting on mortality”! Life settlements have been available for years. A life settlement is a way for a sick or elderly person in need of cash to sell an existing life insurance policy to an investor, for a fraction of its face value, as a way to raise cash while he/she is still alive.

J.D. Power and Associates yearly survey shows that Schwab, Vangaurd, Scottrade ranked top three sports on investor satisfaction survey by J.D. Power and Associates. According to the survey stock and fund investors valued the services high when they had clear understanding of costs and fees association with stock purchases.

A popular investing forum website Investors Hub announced a new charting feature that allows its members to capture a stock chart and annotate it the way users want

Speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, Warren Buffett was asked who he would like to have play him in the movie of his life. His answer? George Clooney. He then thought about it and didn't get much beyond mentioning Clooney before went on to inform and enlighten a captured audience during his keynote conversation.

Pension investors have missed most of the stock market rally this year as their portfolios are now so heavily skewed towards cash. They did so after the latest global recession, which badly hurt their investment.

The market mentality and emotion is starting to switch from a bullish uptrend view to one of fear. After a month of positive movement in the S&P500, we are now hearing of news that the market recovery and surge has gotten ahead of itself.

The scarce economic news and the worries about the future of the economy do not give investors direction, therefore in the early trading the stocks point to lower opening.

Even Goldman, widely regarded as one of the savviest traders on Wall Street, couldn’t avoid buying the top in the commercial real estate market.

Successful long term investment is not just about buying low and selling high. Stock markets rise and fall, and share prices are vulnerable to everything from political news flow to the weather. Trying to find your way around - particularly during times of high volatility and uncertainty - can feel like negotiating a minefield.

Billionaire investor and the owner of Trancinda corporation Kirk Kerkorian has sold all of his remaining shares of Ford Motors (NYSE: F) where he held 6.1% stake. The question is, how many percent is or was Kerkorian's share in Ford.

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday approved a new rule to help protect seniors and other investors from fraudulent and abusive practices that can occur in the sale of equity-indexed annuities.

Home detention with electronic monitoring is what Bernard Madoff will get for being accused of the largest case of fraud in U.S. history. Madoff is going to remain free instead of going to jail after being accused of $50 billion scheme that took investors for a ride.