Finance
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Meet the alternative minimum tax for the retiredAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: What triggers taxation of Social Security benefits and what does not? Can the tax be avoided? - L.M., by e-mail A: The only proven way to avoid the tax is to have l...
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The rush for safety has reduced yieldsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: Would you give us retirees your view as to the safest place for our hard-earned savings while we are having bank failures? - H.V., by e-mail (one of many asking the s...
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'Collective funds' gain traction in 401(k)sJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't look now, but your favorite 401(k) mutual fund may be going the way of the VHS tape. In a drive to cut costs, 401(k) plans are replacing familiar mutual-fund inves...
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Housing market in the doldrums, IMF says U.S. economy could worsenJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The International Monetary Fund said there's no end in sight to the U.S. housing recession and warned that deteriorating credit conditions for consumers and banks may pr...
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Appeals court decided on transparency - and on investors' goodJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - A recent decision by a federal appellate court goes a long way to protect investors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower...
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Mortgages, retirees make poor combinationJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My parents are looking for a house in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. They are retired. They are trying to decide if they should pay cash for the house. They have close t...
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Steps for getting a guaranteed lifetime incomeJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am 73 and have investigated buying back the Social Security benefits I took at age 62. The buyback number is $158,529. My current monthly benefit is $1,231. A total...
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Invest for your future, not for the financial services industryJul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Securities attorney and investment adviser Daniel R. Solin has saved our bacon once again, just as he did at this time last year. That's when he offered a short book on ...
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Dollar drop maps loss of U.S. clout at final G-8 summitJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When President George W. Bush went to his first Group of Eight summit in 2001, a dominant issue was the dollar -- the strong dollar, that is. The U.S. currency was on a ...
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Fugitive hedge-fund founder Israel gets 20 years, additional chargesJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Samuel Israel, the convicted founder of hedge-fund firm Bayou Group LLC who faked his suicide and jumped bail rather than face prison, was sentenced to 20 years in priso...