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May 14, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
I met a friend for drinks yesterday. She left her job several months ago, and with no job replacement in near term, is cashing out her 401(k) rather than rolling it over to an IRA. For her and her money . . . more
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May 29, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
This week has been a busy one for me, trying to wrap up half a dozen assignments due by month's end. So, today's The Bottom Line blog will focus on a few of the news stories that have crossed . . . more
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May 21, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
It's a crazy mixed-up oil world out there. The big-oil executives are testifying today in front of the Senate, and they're getting heat for what the Senators say is OPEC price collusion . . . more
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August 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
I've been watching my "necessary evils" stock portfolio climb in recent months. American-made cigarettes, beer, and liquor are on the upswing.
I credit it to two things: people . . . more
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May 08, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
TODAY THE U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution to stop making pennies that cost more than they're worth -- a move that "could save about $100 million a year, or . . . more
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December 21, 2006 01:49 PM EST --
Internet comparison engines allow shoppers to zero in, then buy the item at nearby store
THIS GIFT-GIVING SEASON, many shoppers are heading to the mall after sitting down at the computer. . . . more
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August 08, 2008 07:58 PM EDT --
Sometimes it takes a state the size of California to set off nationwide change. Let's hope its plan to automate IRA enrollment gets the same reception. California's plan would create state-managed . . . more
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
It's safe to assume that the investments in your defined-benefit plan are a determining factor in how well you can retire. What's surprising is both how much and when those investments have an . . . more
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July 16, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
Do you know that you can use your 401(k), without using it up? Apparently about 45 percent of employees leaving 401(k)-generating jobs don't. A study by HR consulting firm Hewitt . . . more
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June 18, 2008 05:03 PM EDT --
Today I covered a press conference that proceeded an anouncement at the National Press Club about a new study on late-in-life careers. Along with reporters from USA Today , the LA Times and more . . . more
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November 28, 2007 02:42 PM EST --
THE HOUSING HUBBUB has a sunny lining for Gatherer's looking for a new place to call home . Home prices have fallen most sharply in the Sunbelt cities, marking a buyer's market for . . . more
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March 28, 2008 06:08 PM EDT --
While banks make $25 to $40 on every payment they run through your account after it's over drawn, you're left holding the bag -- at a time when you didn't have enough money to begin with. . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . . more
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September 21, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I returned to work today after four days of intense training at the National Press Foundation on "Retirement Issues in the 21st Century." What a whirlwind! As such, I've developed this photo . . . more
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . . more
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . . more
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January 23, 2008 08:48 PM EST --
Tuesday's Gather homepage poll struck a cord:
Turns out that a majority of Gather.com members responding to this Jan. 22 poll feel that a recession is indeed in the cards. . . . more
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March 04, 2008 03:57 PM EST --
"Over a 40 year work life, you could forfeit more than $660,000 in retirement savings if your plan charges excess fees totalling just 1 percent a year," reports financial columnist Terry Savage. . . . more
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July 23, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
THIRTY-SOMETHINGS SCOTT AND ANGIE Patterson pooled their paint contracting and business development experience to become full-time property investors in 2002. Their co-owned firm, Greenlight . . . more
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