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The January barometer
Tribune staff reporterIt's a perplexing stock market, and January's outstanding market sectors say it all. The top three: Health care, telecommunications and materials--not kindred spirits that usually rise together. After all, health care is a defensive haven for...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Medical Services, Federal Reserve, Stock Market, Credit Ratings
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Reluctant landlords still can benefit at tax time
Tribune staff reporterPerhaps you're a reluctant landlord. Caught in the housing downturn and unable to sell your house or condo at a decent price in 2006, you may have decided to rent out the property. Now, at tax time, you are left with a jumble of rules you never...Tags: Chicago Mortgages, Property, Condos and Houses, Finance, State Budgets
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Confused about Medicare drug plan? Get help and sign up now
Tribune staff reporterTime's almost up. The May 15 deadline for signing up for a Medicare prescription drug plan is looming. And if you qualify for Medicare and ignore this special one-time deadline, Uncle Sam plans to slap you with a penalty. So if you have hesitated...Tags: Gaming, Retirement, Finance, Medicare, Companies and Corporations
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Taking the ego out of investing in hedge funds
Tribune staff reporterImagine hedge funds without brainy managers maneuvering artfully through short-lived market opportunities day in and day out. You might think the flashy hedge-fund arena could never evolve into this. But with about $1.2 trillion in assets, the industry...Tags: Sports, Morningstar Incorporated, Academic Progress, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking
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Pension reform clear in 1 regard: It will be costly
Tribune staff reporterThere's an ongoing joke among certified public accountants that tax reform--which is generally done in the name of simplification--is always good for their business. The irony, of course, is that you would think reform would put CPAs out of work--...Tags: Bonds, Pension and Welfare, Retirement, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Congressional action on 401(k) plans just the start of a call to action
Tribune staff reporterIn a way, the 401(k) overhaul that just passed Congress is like an end of an era. The nation's experiment in putting average Americans in charge of saving and planning for retirement didn't work particularly well. Americans weren't up to the task. And so...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Retirement, Employees
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It's in the bag: Smart women, financial worries
Tribune staff reporterCan it be that smart, capable women are so worried about investing and planning for their future that they actually think they will end up living retirement as bag ladies? A recent survey suggests that a substantial number of successful women are...Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, African Americans, Science and Technology, Allianz AG Holding
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Rising bond rates may make portfolio tinkering pay off
Tribune staff reporterBond investors sacrificed little by laying low in money market funds or one-year CDs during the last year, while waiting for Federal Reserve interest rate maneuvering to run its course. They could plop money into a money market fund yielding 4.5...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Hit the roth roof? Try index funds
Tribune staff reporterQ: I am a graduate student, and don't have access to a 401(k) plan. Compared to people with 401(k)s, I am at a serious disadvantage as I try to save for retirement. The university pays me $24,000, and I contribute $4,000 a year to a Roth IRA. But I...Tags: Public Employees, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Retirement, TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp.
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An Old-fashioned Investing Approach Still Shines
Tribune staff reporterThey came to Chicago from every corner of the globe--pension fund managers, endowment managers, money managers of various types--worried that they will disappoint clients over the next few years with lackluster returns from lethargic stocks and bonds....Tags: Gaming, Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Retirement, Finance
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Advice on investing $10,000 in 2007
Tribune staff reporterHow would you invest $10,000 in the coming year? Each year, we toss that question to a panel of investment experts. Knocking the cover off the ball for a second year in a row was Richard Cripps, chief market strategist for St. Louis-based Stifel,...Tags: George W. Bush, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., Stock Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Retirement
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