The markets are suffering, the economy is losing jobs and there’s concern that consumers may have lost their appetite for shopping.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- If it's good enough for Warren Buffett, it should be good enough for you. Or at least it should be if you are looking for an international stock that you can buy and hold for the long term, say from the time you get out of college till you retire.

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Sept. 1-5:

More financial advisers are embracing exchange-traded funds and turning away from actively managed mutual funds. Adviser Kevin Ellman tells why he uses ETFs almost exclusively for clients' investment portfolios. (Sept. 5)

Our houses in the not-too-distant future will be capable of remarkable feats, wired to put energy efficiency, entertainment, health care and security -- among a number of other things, some of which we haven’t even thought of yet -- at our command 24/7.

It’s harder to get a mortgage. Housing inventory is still high. And the percentage of mortgages now in the foreclosure process hit another record in the second quarter.

The rate of mortgages entering foreclosure hit another record high in the second quarter, as did the percentage of loans somewhere in the foreclosure process.

Chuck Jaffe makes a case why United Therapeutics is a good company, but a bad stock to buy right now.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The rate of mortgages entering foreclosure hit another record high in the second quarter, as did the percentage of loans somewhere in the foreclosure process, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported on Friday. The delinquency rate, which measures mortgages that aren't in foreclosure but have at least one overdue payment, also was the highest ever recorded in the MBA's quarterly survey.

Ted Parrish, co-manager of the Henssler Equity fund says investors should be looking to move towards financials and consumer discretionary stocks - and away from energy - so that they get into those beaten-down sectors over the next six months as the economy turns and starts to make them attractive again.