Scott Burns
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Consider funds that reduce riskApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I'm semiretired, married, with no children. We own our home. I'm 62, have no pension. Our total savings is $95,000 in Vanguard Target Retirement 2010 fund in an IRA. ...
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Our Prius has been a good investmentApr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - According to the trip meter on our 2003 Prius, my wife and I have covered the last 2,200 miles at an average of 46.1 miles per gallon. That's pretty typical of the milea...
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Adjust your spending, not your investingApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am a Couch Potato investor. From regular news stories -- and some of your columns -- one might deduce the financial end is near. Should I stay the course or trim th...
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Trade has shaped history, and (mostly) for the betterApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes while watching a particularly gruesome edition of the evening news, I think dark thoughts about the human race. You probably have them, too. Perhaps it wouldn'...
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Housing costs can be traded for securityApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I are 52 years old. We're slogging through a lot of expenses, and we're nervous about the market. Here are the basics: Our two children in private school ...
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In Mexico, the building boom ragesApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Standing on our 10th-floor balcony at the Westin, my wife hands me her binoculars. "I think they added the verticals for another three floors ...
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A larger house won't often protect your moneyApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I believe inflation is getting out of hand and the dollar will continue to decline. So I am worried about my future. I am almost 63, have our house paid for, and have...
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Credibility in system needs to be restoredMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - "... let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to conve...
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Keep an eye on shelter expensesMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Sometime ago your column gave information about what it costs to maintain a home -- it was a percent of the value of the home and included utilities, insurance, t...
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Something good may rise from last broken bubbleMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - First it was technology stocks. Then houses. Now U.S. Treasury obligations. I guess you can't keep a bubble down. But it doesn't seem right. How can a government as irre...