Why we need to cut seniors’ benefits
October 23, 2008
Whether or not Congress or the Federal Reserve manages to solve the financial crisis, there will be an equally scary situation that has not yet made newspaper headlines.
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A letter to my college-bound daughter
October 22, 2008
Dear Lexie,
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Planner won’t return calls?
October 22, 2008
Question: I’m a 57-year-old dummy that had a nice nest egg of $805,000. My brokerage firm assigned a certified financial planner (CFP) to me, who made some costly mistakes, but I stayed with him. This CFP left and the replacement adviser told me the CFP had done some unethical things. He then put me into other investments that went down and have penalties. Now, no one will return my calls. Does this sound like unethical behavior? What should I do?
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Why stock picking is a losing game
October 22, 2008
Imagine that the Man Upstairs is really, really pleased with you and has decided to make you fabulously wealthy. How would He do it? The simplest way would be to give you a bunch of no-brainer opportunities to make a killing on stocks and bonds. Then He’d put on this earth a host of suckers willing to take the opposite side of your bets.
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Are money funds safe now?
October 15, 2008
You normally wouldn’t think twice about putting cash in a money-market fund. But when America’s original money fund company, The Reserve, announced in mid-September that investors in its Primary Fund would lose money, the news sent a chilling reminder to savers - who keep $3.4 trillion in such funds - that no money fund is completely safe.
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Relax - your pension is safe
October 14, 2008
With the stock market cratering, and once-venerable financial institutions biting the dust, you might be wondering about the safety of your traditional pension plan. I’ve got some good news and some bad news.
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The hassle-free holiday flying guide
October 14, 2008
Santa’s got a good thing going travelwise, what with that high-speed reindeer-powered sleigh that takes him to every chimney on the globe in mere hours - no layovers, no delays and no shortage of under-seat storage. You might want to thumb a ride with the old boy, in fact, because flying the nonfiction way isn’t going to be so jolly this holiday season.
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What you’re really voting for
October 13, 2008
The American financial system is in a state of complete, hair-on-fire chaos. Keep that in mind when you evaluate John mcCain and Barack Obama’s economic plans.
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A little perspective, please
October 10, 2008
How did this crisis happen? Could it get worse? When will the pain end ? If you were looking for answers to those questions - and you should be - you’d seek out someone with knowledge of the past and a record for being right about the future.
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9 ways to tough out tough times
October 8, 2008
It’s hard to find any good news about your money these days. The stock market is tumbling. Banks are failing. Home values are cratering. And you’re watching your retirement disappear.
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