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- Fees Gone Wild: Why You're Paying More for Everything
- Sneaky fees and hidden costs are popping up everywhere. But angry consumers may only have themselves to blame. Here's the truth about those hidden costs. With consumers demanding lower prices, businesses are seeking new ways to raise revenue, and have started charging separately for services...
- Articles 2009-10-08
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- So, You'll Just Work A Few Years Longer. You Sure?
- As you stare at the smoking ruin of your 401k, the collapsed value of your home and the massive deficits facing Social Security, it's pretty clear what you have to do to have any hope of retiring with dignity. Work a few more years. Call it quits at 66, say,...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Best Credit Cards for You
- Card companies are getting shadier and stingier, and interest rates on plastic are going higher. So now?s the time to be sure you?re holding the best cards for the way you charge. MoneyWatch surveyed the landscape and picked the top cards in several categories. ...
- Articles 2009-10-30
- Health Care Reform: Stop Focusing on the Cost
- Massachusetts? existing universal health care plan has become a prototype for current reform proposals now in Congress. But Jonathan Gruber, a key architect of the program, says to make federal reform work, Congress needs to give up trying to control costs for now. ...
- Articles 2009-08-06
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- You?re counting on your 401k to provide a cushy retirement. Or at least food, shelter, and a broadband connection. But many investors undermine their savings plans without even knowing it. We?ve compiled a list of the most common mistakes, and explained how to avoid them. Here are the...
- Articles 2009-10-26
- Life Insurance and Annuities: Is AARP Looking Out for You?
- We analyze whether the giant organization's senior-focused life insurance and annuities are worth buying. Life insurance and annuities offer...
- Articles 2009-08-05
- Auto and Homeowners Insurance: Is AARP Looking Out for You?
- The nonprofit behemoth promises to save you money and provide great service. But does it deliver? Here's how to decide if AARP policies are right for you. As part of our continuing analysis of AARP’s financial services products (earlier stories...
- Articles 2009-08-26
- Job Search? 4 Simple Steps to Get Your Mojo Back
- While it's natural to get discouraged looking for a new job today, the longer it takes you to find one, the worse off you'll be. Here are some high-tech and not-so-high-tech ways to reinvigorate your efforts. Make Your...
- Articles 2009-10-01
- Buckingham Still Finds Plenty of Bargains After Big Rally
- In last week's column, John Buckingham, chief investment officer of Al Frank Asset Management, made the case for using a value-oriented approach - investing in companies trading at low multiples of earnings, especially when those earnings are depressed and due for a bounce - to try to capture the further...
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- GE Plans Broad Push In Healthcare
- General Electric’s announcement today that it will invest $6 billion in a worldwide “Healthymagination Initiative†raises familiar questions about the interplay of free enterprise and healthcare reform in the U.S. While some components of GE’s plan could help lower costs, raise quality, and increase access, as CEO Jeff Immelt contended...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- SAP Cleaning Up Its Act, But Where Are Oracle And Microsoft?
- I noted in an earlier post that software vendors like SAP and Oracle have been abusing customers through various means just short of legal extortion. Customers have complained about vendors forcing them to purchase applications they don't need just to meet artificial and internal quotas, and to pay ever-rising maintenance...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- 9 Things Brokers Won't Tell You
- Can you trust your broker to be honest with you? Read these nine cautions to find out. ...
- Articles 2009-05-14
- When It's Smarter to Be Seen and Not Herd
- Over on BNET's sister site, Moneywatch, there's a great post on using "herd" behaviour to get people to follow your lead (as demonstrated by the "crazy guy dancing" -- a sight less remarkable to UK festival veterans, perhaps.) As Robert Pagliarini's observes: "There’s a fine line between...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Fidelity Makes the Case Against the 401(k)
- Fidelity just released its quarterly analysis of accounts in the 17,500 401k plans it administers. The nation's number one administrator and manager of 401k assets reports that the balance in its average account rose 13.5% to $53,900--a nice jump. Then, in an odd follow-up feature, it listed what its analysts...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Why Willful Ignorance Trumps Expertise in Investing
- Moneywatch is currently running a feature package entitled What's Next for the Markets? In it three very well-credentialed experts  -- Diane Swonk, David Winters, and James Paulsen -- offer their thoughts on what the future has in store for the markets. Each has an impressive resume, and has spent...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Immediate Annuities: 5 Rules to Get Monthly Checks for Life
- These financial products can provide retirees with a steady stream of income. But you need to buy wisely. Anyone nearing retirement...
- Articles 2009-08-31
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