http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Meg Green 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:02:59 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1345155.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1345155.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The ``buzz-question'' around town these days, as we watch the Madoff auctions and Rothstein repossessions with horrified fascination, is ``How can these scams keep happening? Don't people know that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is?'' http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1207493.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1207493.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Q: I am 75 years old and live on my retirement pension. I have a very low tolerance for risk because of losing money in mutual funds, which were professionally managed for me before. I now have approximately $30,000 in cash that is just sitting in my checking account. I want to invest it. However, due to my lackluster trust in the market, I am not sure what to do with it. I am aware of how inflation is eating it away. I am not sure where to invest it -- in what particular product/area that would be relatively safe and meet or beat the inflation rate. Also, you have written that people should get comfortable with the stock market and mutual fund investing, but I don't know how to begin adjusting my comfort level. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1209285.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/columnists/meg-green/story/1209285.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Q: My son owns a business in the Atlanta, Ga., area. His office manager assumed more financial responsibility than he was supposed to have, and there are outstanding balances of around $200,000 due for things he signed for etc. without my son's knowledge.