T. Rowe Price introduced its new Large-Cap Core Fund this week. MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe says there's no need for investors to jump in just yet.

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of June 29-July 3:

New research found that more than 25% of mortgage loan defaults are strategic -- that is, a quarter of homeowners who default on their mortgages are walking away from their homes even if they can afford to make their payments.

A friend of mine asked me about homesteading as a way to keep credit-card companies and other creditors from placing liens against someone's home.

Learn how MarketWatch's 10 investing themes are doing and get the latest on which exchange-traded funds are on shaky ground, all in this week's Mutual Funds and ETF stories.

When a Cheeto that "looked like Michael Jackson" sold on eBay for $35.18, it was a clear sign that the collectibles market was about to take off. But that doesn't mean Michael Jackson memorabilia is a wise investment, says MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe.

MarketWatch's top ten stories of the week.

If you were to look just at second-quarter numbers in the stock market, you would think investors would be jumping for joy all over the place. Diversified U.S. equities mutual funds had their biggest three-month run-up since back in the days of the dot-com boom in the late 1990s. Ah, the happiness 20% returns can bring.

Given the surge that U.S. stocks have enjoyed, maybe mutual-fund investors should just call it a year.

The current recession is hitting workers in just about every industry, but men are taking a much bigger hit than women.