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How to Handle the Inflation Monster

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:22:00 EDT

With inflation likely to remain a worry, what's an investor to do? Things that worked in the past may not work so well today. Here are smart, basic strategies that investors should consider when trying to inflation-proof their portfolios.

Investment Page-Turners for the Summer

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:05:00 EDT

It's time to gather books for warm-weather reading. There are a smattering of books, some new, some old, that will make you a shrewder money manager without making you feel like you're poring through the Tulsa phone directory.

How to Buy and Hold (and Sleep at Night)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:41:00 EDT

A buy-and-hold investor is among the most prudent savers around, as long as that investor has a well-diversified investment plan, invested in low-cost index funds, with a long-term outlook.

Where Does Your Money Go? Find Out.

Sat, 31 May 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Where does the paycheck that you get every week or two weeks or each month go? You deposit it and pretty soon you realize that most of it is gone. By tracking expenses, you can end up with more money than you probably thought was possible.

Ways to Make Saving a Habit

Sat, 03 May 2008 23:32:00 EDT

How to save money without scrimping, be thrifty without feeling miserly -- and maintain those habits after our economy picks up speed? Here are some tips.