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The Department of Labor is considering a new law that would tighten the advise that financial advisors can give to their clients. The White House Council of Economic Advisers estimates the ruling would save retirees up to $17 billion per year.

On Facebook I saw an ad promoting a Solar Bond that paid up to 5.75%. Intrigued, I clicked over to learn the details. The good news is that the bonds are offered by Solar City, a legitimate, publicly traded company that is a leader in installing solar panels on houses and businesses. The company chairman is publicly traded on the Nasdaq at SCTY. Its chairman is Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame.

The following table contains the top 15 travel and rewards cards based on value received through sign up bonuses and usage. The value that you receive from any card may differ, based on your particular usage patterns and whether you are able redeem points you earn for the most valuable rewards.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke lifted the curtain on a new Blog he will write and it's already interesting reading for those who follow the interest rate environment. In it, he explains why interest rates are so low and directly addresses critics who have accused him of throwing seniors under the bus by engineering a low savings rate environment.

They say there are no guarantees in life and that is generally true. But there is a way that many of you can earn thousands more dollars without doing any significant work, guaranteed. This is no hoax or a joke. Interested? Read on.

By and large, I think Suze Orman is great. She provides a great service in telling people with little in way of assets how to preserve them. But, I watched her recent presentation on PBS as part of their fundraising effort, and she was giving one piece of advice that is just dead wrong in the current rate environment.

One of the principal reasons for many to hold an Amex card is going away.

Chase is now offering 60,000 points to those who open the Ink Plus card and charge $5,000 within 3 months. While this offer is shy of its recent 70,000 point offer, Chase is now waiving its $95 annual fee for the first year for those opening the card in a branch location.

Capital One is currently offering a 6 month promotional rate of 1.25% on new savings accounts opened at branches in New York, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and Texas with balances between $10,000 and $1 million.

TD Ameritrade is currently syndicating a 6 year callable step-up CD issued by JP Morgan Chase. The CD represents perhaps the most transparent "heads I win, tails you lose" offering available, and should be avoided.

BestCashCow.com, the most comprehensive bank rates website on the internet, unveils its Best Bets for 2015.

CDs, in particular many online five year CDs, are a safe option in the current interest rate environment.

For a limited time, Chase has raised the sign-up bonus for its Ink Plus card, giving 70,000 bonus points when you spend $5,000 in the first 3 months.