Dana Telsey, Telsey Group CEO, says investors need to be selective when choosing retail stocks, and reveals those companies that are likely to ring up the most sales. Also Telsey has the update on JC Penney's turnaround story

Most folks experience anxiety about carrying any kind of debt load. Many of us do not even distinguish between the different types of debt that we owe.

Technology was the best performing sector in the five years prior to the 2000-2002 stock market bear. The acceleration of dot-com mania created a boom-to-bust scenario that few had ever seen.

One-fifth of all retail spending in the U.S. happens during the holidays. ETFs can be a good, low cost way to get exposure to the retail sector. Let’s see which retail-focused ETFs have been naughty or nice.