Money Morning’s Keith Fitz-Gerald brings us a sobering look at investing in gold. If there is a moral to the story, it’s that nothing is what it seems anymore – not even gold.

Investors spend so much time thinking about risk and return they often forget to tax-manage their portfolio, says Alexander Green. But it’s easy to control how much you surrender to the IRS… without breaking the law. Alex gives five basic tips for maximizing your total investment returns after taxes.

With contests in both Indiana and North Carolina, today (Tuesday) probably marks the last of the crucial Democratic presidential primary election contests between senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

You’ve got to feel sorry for Alistair Darling. Not only is his first budget widely assumed to be a disaster before he even gets his papers out but it will be to a large degree over shadowed by delayed measures from his predecessor.