Scott Burns
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You may be more secure than you thinkJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Our future may be less vulnerable than the financial services industry says it will be. There is a simple reason for this. Our security is based on more than our financi...
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Fee-only advisers act in your best interestJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. My wife and I have been having a hard time selecting an investment counselor. We have interviewed counselors but have not found anyone in whom we can feel confident. ...
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Retirement savings can be stretchedDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I am 59 years old, single, and have no mortgage or any other debt. I make about $55,000 a year. I have an individual IRA and a work IRA invested in indexed mutual...
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To watch for '08: The O/A ratioDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - As a few of you are aware, 2007 is about to end. You may be outnumbered, you may be rare, but that makes it easier for me to find you. All I have to do is look for peop...
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A national yard sale is comingDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Every cloud has a silver lining. So it may be time to see who gets the cloud and who gets the lining. We know who gets the cloud. It's anyone who has been making a livin...
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Diversity requires foreign investmentsDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. It has been suggested that since the U.S. market is a smaller portion of the total world financial market -- and because the U.S. dollar is falling -- it would be bet...
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'Steady Eddy' portfolio works bestDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Craig Israelsen, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, wants us to know that it pays to build "Steady Eddy" portfolios for retirement. Having lots of asset...
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The country changed, government has notDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Some columns bring more responses than others. My recent column on the $2 trillion difference between the stated federal deficits and the actual increase in total federa...
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Gift fund embraces index investingDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Some ideas succeed because they are simply wonderful. One of my favorites is charitable gift funds. The first was launched 15 years ago by Fidelity Investments. It was q...
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Medicare is more at risk than Social SecurityNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I am conflicted by what I have been reading about Social Security in your columns and book "The Coming Generational Storm." On the one hand, you recommend we delay ta...