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After being laid off this summer, Amy Bauer began to contemplate a career switch (from investor relations to corporate social responsibility). But it had been more than a decade since the 37-year-old from the Baltimore area had even crafted a résumé. For assistance, she turned to a career coach.

Question: I believe that last year’s upheaval has created some terrific opportunities if you’re willing to be an opportunistic investor. You can already see that lots of money is being made in the market. So I’m considering investments that I would hold not for the next 10 years, but ones where the upside far outweighs the downside for the next 12 to 18 months. Do you think this is a prudent approach? –David, Brooklyn, New York

From the mid-1980s to 1999, a period that marked the rise of the PC, Microsoft made a lot of people rich: Its shares soared 59% a year.

Even great fund managers have bad years.

The month Jennifer Galdes moved into her condo in the Albany Park section of Chicago, the local paper suggested that the area was up and coming. Six years later, she’s still waiting for a Whole Foods.

Wall Street will celebrate a not-so-happy anniversary on Tuesday.

U.S. stocks were set for a lower start Tuesday as investors awaited readings on the housing market and consumer sentiment.

With Wall Street continuing to recover, so are the prospects for this year’s bonus season.

What do an MRI machine and a Ford F-150 have in common?