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- The Golden Years, Tarnished
In theory, retired people are not supposed to invest much in the stock market; in reality, many millions of them do. Now, that’s forcing them to accept heavy losses and alter their plans.
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- Are The Big Three Worth Saving?
They’ve made crippling deals with unions, produced cars that don’t sell and failed to innovate. But here’s why a bailout is still better than bankruptcy.
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- The Eurozone Enters Its First Recession
As recently as last summer, the European Central Bank was raising interest rates to ward off inflation. And though it’s cutting rates aggressively now, the damage may have been done.
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- Some Firms Suspend 401(k) Match
As the economy worsens, worsens, a growing number of small businesses are suspending their 401(k) match, and, in some instances, closing the retirement plans altogether.
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- Are Jobless Next To Need A Bailout?
The nation's economic focus is turning from saving the banking system to how to provide a rapidly rising tide of jobless with benefits and a road map to employment.
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- Professors Teach New Ways To Evaluate Funds
A two-year-old website bills itself as a one-stop destination for news, articles, and fund ratings. But its best feature may be a suite of tools based on prominent academic research that may help choose top-performing funds.
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- Putting An IRA To Work In Investments Beyond Stocks
With retirement portfolios, it’s tempting to look for ways to replenish the coffers. One possibility is to switch to real estate, new business ventures, and other investments not traditionally associated with IRAs. But extreme caution is called for.
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- Was Europe Right All Along?
Government regulation and intervention was considered the problem, not the solution. Then came the American firestorm.
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- Bailout Act Includes Tax Breaks for the Little Guy
You might not be a big fan of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (better known as the bailout bill). But it does include a bunch of federal income tax changes, most of which are taxpayer-friendly.
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- Is Your 529 Fractured? Fix It
The moves needed to salvage your educations savings plan depend on how soon you need the money. These ideas can help.
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- Surviving the Storm
For the bold, opportunities abound amid recession gloom: Strategies for managers, employees, investors, consumers, and borrowers
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- The Sky Is Not Falling
These are hardly the best of times for the economy. But they may not be as bad as you think. It’s possible this downturn could prove to be one of the briefest and mildest on record.
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- An Estate Plan Built for Special Needs
Gabe Molitor has epilepsy and Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. His mother recently set up what's known as a special-needs trust, which will provide funding to pay for some of her 30-year-old son's expenses when she and her husband are no longer able to care for him
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- The week that panic stalked the markets
The crash in equity markets this week came as investors fled risky assets in panic. Coordinated rate cuts by leading central banks, and many other measures of support hastily adopted by governments, went ignored
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- AMT Relief, Other Tax Breaks Get New Life
The $700-billion financial rescue law has lots of tax goodies, too, for individuals and businesses. It renews a slew of lapsed tax breaks, including relief for middle-class taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax (AMT).
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- Coverage Options After a Job Loss
If you lose your job, one of the most important—and sometimes most difficult—financial decisions to make is what to do about health insurance.
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- Why Blue Chips Will Bounce Back
You'd have to go back almost to the Depression to find a 10-year stretch that has seen so little growth in bedrock stocks. But there are several reasons why this trend won't last forever.
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