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SmartMoney
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GM May Raise Prices to Raise Profits
Real-Time Advice: The once-troubled company is gearing up for record profits, but analysts say that may come with new costs for consumers.
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Which Popular IPO Looks Best?
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Penny Stocks Aren't Worth a Dime
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Retire Here, Not There: South Carolina
Total Return
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Senior Movers Turned Designers
Even in a story about how adult children deal with their aging parents' stuff, there was too much stuff to include it all. One newly emerging service - creating a floor plan with the furniture that would work in a new home - is provided by some senior-move managers and could be particularly helpful to [...]
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Encore
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A Bean Counter's Take on Retirement
The Society of Actuaries crunches the numbers on retirements in a series of new reports.
- Hippie Retirement: High-End 'Communes'
- How to Calculate 401(k) Tax Expenditures
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Pay Dirt
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Real Estate's Hail Mary Sales Pitch
What Century 21's star-studded Super Bowl ad says about the housing market.
- Why Facebook's Millionaires May Never Be Happy
- Mild Winter Brings Deals for Travelers
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The Wealth Report
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'High-Beta Rich' Fuels Aspen Fight
"The High-Beta Rich" is fueling a development debate in Aspen.
- Mark Zuckerberg's $2 Billion Tax Bill
- Rinehart: The Richest Woman in Australia
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10 Things Start-Ups Won't Tell You
We reveal some secrets of the American Dream.
Investing in Funds
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Investing in Funds
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Dividend Stocks Aren't the New Bonds
You can get generous yields…but also considerable risk. Consider using stocks as just one element in a diversified income portfolio.
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Investing in Funds
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The Scramble for Catchy ETF Tickers
With many tickers already taken and others reserved for future products, finding a symbol that's both available and memorable isn't as easy as it sounds.
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Investing in Funds
Risk-Parity Funds Redefine 'Balance'
A new group of allocation funds are based on the view that there is something fundamentally wrong with the classic 60-40 stocks-to-bonds mix.
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Investing in Funds
What to Do With 529-Plan Leftovers
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Goodbye to Market Timing
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Investing in Funds
Bill Gross...and Fund Fees
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Investing in Funds
Are Bank Stocks 'Responsible'?
Sunday Journal
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Sunday Journal
How to Strike It Big in the New Energy Boom
New profits and investment opportunities are coming from the surge in U.S. gas and oil production. 'America on the verge of near self-sufficiency.'
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MarketWatch
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An Annuity Can Still Make Sense
Despite the current ultralow rates, immediate annuities can still be a good option for retirees who need guaranteed income right now.
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Health Costs
Hospital Observations Can Get Costly for Medicare Recipients
Observation care is billed as outpatient care, leaving Medicare beneficiaries with higher out-of-pocket expenses.
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Tip of the Week
Fees on Prepaid Debit Cards Add Up
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Personal Business
Money Moves to Make Now, Not at the End of the Year
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Investing Basics
Gen Y Invests More Than It Thinks
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Reality Check
Years Late, Trillions of Dollars Short
Weekend Investor
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The Intelligent Investor
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Facebook and the St. Petersburg Paradox
Investors thinking about Facebook should consider a mathematical riddle that shows how growth stocks can get overvalued so easily.
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Tax Report
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Frequent-Flier Tax Traps
Consumers who got a chunk of frequent-flier miles as a reward for signing up for a new Citibank credit card are upset that Citi has sent a list of recipients to the IRS. Does this mean such rewards are taxable?
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Weekend Investor
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Losing a Parent Comes With Tasks
As older parents approach death, they often leave lengthy to-do lists for their children. Here's how to deal with your parents' stuff while preserving family harmony and finances.
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Upside
Oil Partnerships Keep Rolling
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Family Value
Annuitizing Your 401(k)
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Weekend Investor
Inside the Fund Turnaround
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Weekend Investor
Refinancing: Is It Time to Act?
Family Finance
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What You Can Learn From Mitt's Tax Return
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 2010 filing is a case study in tax planning. Here is a guided tour.
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Personal Finance Calculators
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Don't Let Grown Kids Ruin Your Retirement
Investing
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Itchy Investors Ramp Up the Risk
With interest rates stuck near zero, conservative investors face a tough choice: move into riskier investments or continue coming up short from low-risk investments.
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Professor's Advice: It's Best to Be Bored
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Ways to Bet on a Rebound in Europe
Taxes
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A Low-Cost Choice for Muni Income
Spotlight: A fund that offers a low-cost option for investing in munis, whose yields remain higher than on some other bonds, such as U.S. Treasurys.
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Will Sales-Tax Deduction Live On?
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Retirement Plans Will Soon Start Talking Fees
Retirement Planning
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The Private Pension Plan
If you're self-employed and in the top echelon of earners, there's a big potential retirement-plan tax break available to you—and you don't even have to be Mitt Romney to get it.
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The Disappearing IRA Charitable Donation
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U.S. Acts to Stay Below Debt Limit
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Getting going
By Karen Blumenthal
The Private Pension Plan
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Family value
By Kelly Greene
Annuitizing Your 401(k)
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Tax report
By Laura Saunders
Frequent-Flier Tax Traps
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The intelligent investor
By Jason Zweig
Facebook and the St. Petersburg Paradox
Real Estate
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Harlem Art Transformation
Artist and designer Luis Da Cruz gutted and transformed this four-story Harlem home into a modern artist's abode.
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Foreclosure Deal Is Closer
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Less Building Now, Higher Office Rents Later
Autos
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Mazda3 Moves the Needle (Not the Gas One)
With the SkyActiv suite of fuel-saving technologies, the compact Mazda3's already-copious driving pleasure meets the bliss of spending less on gas, says Dan Neil.
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It's Too Easy Being Green
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European Commuters Embrace Car-Sharing
Fitness & Health
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Stopping Sleepiness
The hunt is on for a so-called biomarker to gauge how sleepy a person really is—and what that means for his or her health.
Careers
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Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs
Stand-up meetings are part of a fast-moving tech culture in which sitting has become synonymous with sloth.
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For Students: Wise Words From Warren Buffett
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Forecasts Fastest-Growing Jobs
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Strategies for Facebook IPO Buyers
Real-Time Advice: The math doesn't favor long-term investments, but here are some guidelines for a trade.
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Looser Credit Standards Boost Car Sales
Real-Time Advice: Borrowers with less-than-perfect credit scores are finding it easier to get car loans again.
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Trust Me, I'm a Fund Manager
Financial firms are rolling out a bevy of mutual funds that let their managers invest in pretty much anything. Should investors give them the reins?
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Cliffs Stands to Profit From Emerging-Markets Building Boom
The company has been expanding its mining operations into eastern Canada, western Australia and Brazil, and its push outside the U.S. could help its shares climb as high as $115.
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Facebook, Dead or Alive
Supply and demand for Facebook stock will ensure IPO madness. The 2012 IPO market, otherwise, will be just another yawner, writes Al's Emporium.
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Consumer Interest Rates
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| 1 yr CD | 0.75% | down ↓ | see chart |
| 6 month CD | 0.47% | down ↓ | see chart |
| 3 month CD | 0.25% | see chart | |
| $10K MMA | 0.52% | down ↓ | see chart |
| MMA | 0.44% | see chart |
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